Rockets (Rockets album)

Rockets
Studio album by Rockets
Released June 1976 (1976-06)
Recorded 1975 (1975)–1976 (1976) at Studio Société Française Du Son, Paris
Genre Space rock, electronica, synthpop, experimental, ambient
Length 37:45
Label Decca
Producer Claude Lemoine
Rockets chronology
Rockets
(1976)
On the Road Again
(1978)

Rockets is the debut self-titled studio album by French space rock band Rockets, released in June 1976.

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Translation Length
1. "Apache" (The Shadows cover) Jerry Lordan   4:00
2. "Ballade sur Mars"   Gerard Tempesti "Ballad on Mars" 2:15
3. "Fils du Ciel"   Christian Le Bartz, Claude Mainguy "Wire of the Sky" 3:10
4. "Futur Woman"   Philippe Renaux "Future Woman" 3:35
5. "Terre Larbour"   Bernard Torelli "Larbour Ground" 1:00
6. "Le Chemin"   Le Bartz, Gerard L'Her "The Way" 4:00
7. "Apesanteur"   Claire-Lise Charbonnier, Alain Goldstein "Weightlessness" 6:30
8. "Ave Maria"   Franz Schubert   3:45
9. "Last Space Train" (The Spotnicks cover) B. Calmedo   3:00
10. "Genese Future"   François Bréant "Future Genesis" 6:30
Total length:
37:45

Personnel

Rockets
Additional personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
France June 1976 Decca Records/IPG Records LP album 278.116
Canada June 1976 Deram Records/London Records LP album XDEF-141
Italy September 1977 Derby Records LP album DBR 20005
Compact Cassette 30 DBR 20005
Japan September 1977 King Records/London Records LP album GP 1049
Italy (reissue) 1977 Derby Records/CGD Records LP album DBR 20005
Rockland Records RKL 25004
Germany 1978 Ariola Records LP album 26025 OT
Spain 1978 Ariola-Eurodisc LP album 26050.I
Italy (reissue) 1984 CGD Records LP album RKL 1154

References