Counter Culture

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Counter Culture
Counter Culture cover
Compilation album by Roy Harper
Released 2005
Recorded Ireland
Genre Folk / Rock
Length Disc.1 76:17 Disc.2 73:38
Label Science Friction HUCD039
Producer Roy Harper
Professional reviews

Pending
Roy Harper chronology
Today Is Yesterday (2002) Counter Culture (2005)

Counter Culture is a 2005 compilation double album by Roy Harper featuring 25 classic Roy Harper songs, cherry picked according to his mood in April 2005. This collection spans 35 years of song writing and is intended as an introduction for anyone who's not sure where to start with Harper's music [1].

Contents

[edit] Miscellanea

This compilation features a number of guest musicians, including; Jimmy Page, Bill Bruford, Ronnie Lane, David Gilmour, Kate Bush and Nick Harper.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc One

  1. "Sophisticated Beggar" - 5:05 (from Sophisticated Beggar)
  2. "You Don't Need Money" - 2:25 (from Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith)
  3. "Francesca" - 1:20 (from Flat Baroque and Berserk)
  4. "I Hate The White Man" - 8:02 (from Flat Baroque and Berserk)
  5. "Another Day" - 4:01 (from Flashes From The Archives Of Oblivion)
  6. "The Same Old Rock" - 12:24 (from Stormcock)
  7. "Me And My Woman" - 13:01 (from Stormcock)
  8. "South Africa" - 4:06 (from Lifemask)
  9. "I'll See You Again" - 4:58 (from Valentine)
  10. "Twelve Hours Of Sunset" - 4:49 (from Valentine)
  11. "Forget Me Not" - 2:24 (from HQ)
  12. "Hallucinating Light" - 6:23 (from HQ)
  13. "When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease" - 7:13 (from HQ)

[edit] Disc Two

  1. "One Of Those Days In England (Parts 2-10)" - 19:13 (from Bullinamingvase)
  2. "These Last Days" - 4:26 (from Bullinamingvase)
  3. "Cherishing The Lonesome" - 5:57 (from Bullinamingvase)
  4. "The Flycatcher" - 4:08 (from The Unknown Soldier)
  5. "You" - 4:37 (from The Unknown Soldier)
  6. "Frozen Moment" - 3:16 (from Whatever Happened to Jugula?)
  7. "Pinches Of Salt" - 3:06 (from Garden Of Uranium)
  8. "Miles Remains" - 8:52 (from Death or Glory?)
  9. "Evening Star" - 6:04 (from Death or Glory?)
  10. "I Want To Be In Love" - 5:59 (from The Dream Society)
  11. "The Green Man" - 5:31 (from The Green Man)
  12. "Blackpool" (extract) - 2:25 (from Sophisticated Beggar)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ Roy Harper official site

[edit] External links

v • d • e
Roy Harper
Studio albums
Come out Fighting Ghengis Smith · Sophisticated Beggar · Folkjokeopus · Flat Baroque and Berserk  · Stormcock · Lifemask · Valentine · HQ · Bullinamingvase  · The Unknown Soldier · Work of Heart · Born in Captivity · Descendants of Smith · Loony on the Bus · Once · Death or Glory? · Commercial Breaks · The Dream Society · Garden of Uranium · The Green Man
Live albums
Flashes From The Archives Of Oblivion · In Between Every Line · Born in Captivity II · Unhinged · Live At Les Cousins · The BBC Tapes - Volume I (1969 - 1973) · The BBC Tapes - Volume II (In Concert 1974) · The BBC Tapes - Volume III (BBC Sessions 1974) · The BBC Tapes - Volume IV (In Concert 1975) · The BBC Tapes - Volume V (BBC Sessions 1975 - 1978) · The BBC Tapes - Volume VI (In Concert 1978 with Andy Roberts) · Royal Festival Hall Live - June 10th 2001
Compilations, remixes, etc
Harper 1970-1975 · Death or Glory? · An Introduction to ..... · Song Of The Ages · Poems, Speeches, Thoughts and Doodles · Hats off · East of the Sun · Today Is Yesterday · Counter Culture · From Occident to Orient
Collaborations
Singles / 12" Singles / EPs
Videography
Stonehenge 84 · Live in your Living Room · Once · Beyond the Door
Filmography