Fish Out of Water (album)

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Fish Out of Water

Studio album by Chris Squire
Released	November 1975
Recorded	1975
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	42:30
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer(s)	Chris Squire
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Fish Out of Water is the title of progressive rock musician Chris Squire's first and only solo album. It was released in 1975 during a break between duties for his band Yes. Bill Bruford, Patrick Moraz, and other members of Yes in its various incarnations contribute to the record, while Squire employs his signature bass skills as well as performance of all guitars. The album is in the same vein as the Yes album of that year, Relayer, though the sound is more fleshed out with the help of a full orchestra and the jazz context of "Lucky Seven".

Squire's staple thematic oratorio appear on this album. First, the Fish (also his nickname) appears in the title, referring to being out of the usual Yes oeuvre; second, the number seven, manifested as the seven-minute, 7/8 time signature piece "Lucky Seven".

The first track begins with a short fanfare style introduction played on the organ at St Pauls Cathedral, London by the cathedral organist Barry Rose. The organ continues throughout the song creating an original sound and revealing Squire's experience as a church chorister in his boyhood. Much of the keyboard work on the album is by Andrew Jackman, Squire's former bandmate in The Syn.

It had been out-of-print outside Japan and Europe, but was reissued by Wounded Bird Records on February 28, 2006.