U.K. (album)

UK
Studio album by UK
Released March 1978
Recorded December 1977-January 1978
Trident Studios, London[1]
Genre Progressive rock
Length 45:14[2]
Label E.G. Records
Producer UK
UK chronology
UK
(1978)		 Danger Money
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
DPRP [3]

UK is the eponymous debut album by the progressive rock supergroup UK. It features John Wetton (formerly of Family, King Crimson, Uriah Heep and Roxy Music), Eddie Jobson (formerly of Curved Air, Roxy Music and Frank Zappa), Bill Bruford (formerly of Yes and King Crimson) and Allan Holdsworth (formerly of Soft Machine and Gong). It was released in 1978 on E.G. Records / Polydor. "In the Dead of Night" and "Mental Medication" were both edited for single release.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "In the Dead of Night" (Eddie Jobson, John Wetton) – 5:38
  2. "By the Light of Day" (Jobson, Wetton) – 4:32
  3. "Presto Vivace and Reprise" (Jobson, Wetton) – 2:58
  4. "Thirty Years" (Wetton, Jobson, Bill Bruford) – 8:05

Side two

  1. "Alaska" (Jobson) – 4:45
  2. "Time to Kill" (Jobson, Wetton, Bruford) – 4:55
  3. "Nevermore" (Allan Holdsworth, Jobson, Wetton) – 8:09
  4. "Mental Medication" (Holdsworth, Bruford, Jobson) – 7:26 (duration incorrectly listed as 6:12 or original LP pressings of the album)

All lyrics by John Wetton except "Mental Medication", by Bill Bruford. Note: The first three tracks belong to a suite entitled "In the Dead of Night."

Personnel

Engineered and Mixed by Stephen W Tayler

Singles

References

  1. ^ a b "allmusic ((( U.K. > Overview )))". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r51764. Retrieved 2009-10-04. 
  2. ^ "UK (3) - U.K. (LP) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/UK-UK/release/703102. Retrieved 2009-10-04. 
  3. ^ "DPRP : Counting Out Time : UK - UK". www.dprp.net. http://www.dprp.net/proghistory/index.php?i=1978_03. Retrieved 2009-10-04. 
U.K.
Studio albums
U.K. · Danger Money
Live albums
Singles
"In the Dead of Night" · "Rendez-vous 6:02" · "Nothing to Lose"  · "Night after Night"
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