1984 (Anthony Phillips album)

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1984
1984 cover
Studio album by Anthony Phillips
Released 1981
Recorded 1980-81
Genre Progressive rock
Length 41.26
Label Voiceprint, Passport (US), RCA
Producer Anthony Phillips
Anthony Phillips chronology
Private Parts and Pieces II: Back to the Pavilion (1980) 1984 (1981) Private Parts and Pieces III: Antiques (1982)

1984 is an album by Anthony Phillips released in 1981. It is an instrumental electronic album with some vocal effects and a variety of percussion.

The album cover features a picture of a small cage, which presumably a reference to the cage affixed to Winston's face in Nineteen Eighty-Four. This was the first Anthony Phillips album for which Peter Cross did not create the cover artwork. The liner notes include the line "Peter Cross is on holiday with Ralph Bernascone", which is part of a running joke in which "Ralph Bernascone" is mentioned in the liner notes of several of Anthony Phillips' albums.

A 2CD re-issue is planned to be released in 2007.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Anthony Phillips.

  1. "Prelude '84" – 4:23
  2. "1984 Part 1" – 19:00
  3. "1984 Part 2" – 15:26
  4. "Anthem 1984" – 2:27

[edit] 2007 2CD Reissue

  • CD One includes the whole album.
  • CD2
  1. "Prelude '84" (early stage mix)
  2. "Ascension"
  3. "1984 Part 1" (early stage mix)
  4. "Rule Britannia Suite":
    1. Sally Theme
    2. Science & Technology
    3. Respect
    4. Church
    5. Military
    6. Power In The Land
  5. "1984 Part 2" (early stage mix)
  6. "Anthem 1984" (early stage mix)
  7. "Poly Piece" (demo)

[edit] Personnel

  • Anthony Phillips: keyboards, drumbox (Roland CR78), occasional guitar, basic percussion
  • Richard Scott: basic percussion, effects, vocal ideas
  • Morris Pert: percussion
  • Produced by Anthony Phillips, assisted by Richard Scott.
  • Remastered for CD by Simon Heyworth at Chop 'Em Out.