Rhapsodies (album)

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Rhapsodies
Studio album by Rick Wakeman
Released	May 1979
Recorded	1978-79
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	67:14
Label	A&M Records, A&M SP-6501
Producer	Tony Visconti
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Rick Wakeman chronology
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performs the Best Known Works of Rick Wakeman (1978) Rhapsodies (1979) The Burning (1981)

Rhapsodies is a double LP by keyboardist Rick Wakeman, which was released in 1979. It was his last studio release on A&M.

[edit] Track listing

Record one, Side one:

1. "Pedra de Gavea" – 4:11
2. "Front Line" – 3:42
3. "Bombay Duck" – 3:14
4. "Animal Showdown" (Yes We Have No Bananas) – 2:40 (Wakeman/Silver/Cohn)
5. "Big Ben" – 3:48

Record one, Side two:

1. "Rhapsody in Blue" – 5:26 (George Gershwin; arr. Tony Visconti)
2. "Wooly Willy Tango" – 3:24
3. "The Pulse" – 5:21
4. "Swan Lager" – 2:50 (music taken from Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" and Grieg's pianoforte "Concerto in A Minor"; arr. Rick Wakeman)

Record two, Side one:

1. "March of the Gladiators" – 4:53
2. "Flacons de Neige" – 5:01
3. "The Flasher" – 5:32
4. "The Palais" – 2:23

Record two, Side two:

1. "Stand-By" – 3:30
2. "Sea Horses" – 3:52
3. "Half Holiday" – 3:00
4. "Summertime" – 4:27 (George Gershwin; arr. Rick Wakeman)
5. "Credits" - 2:39

[edit] Personnel

• Rick Wakeman - keyboards, likely vocals on "Pedra de Gavea".
• Bruce Lynch - bass guitars
• Frank Gibson, Jr. - drums and percussion
• Nico Ramsden - electric guitar
• Tony Visconti - acoustic guitar.