Broken Barricades

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Broken Barricades

Studio album by Procol Harum

Released

April 1971

Recorded

February–March 1971 at AIR Studios in London

Genre

Progressive rock, art rock, hard rock, blues rock

Length

35:06

Label

A&M

Producer

Chris Thomas

Procol Harum chronology

Home
(1970)

Broken Barricades
(1971)

Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
(1972)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	(not rated)^[2]
Robert Christgau	(C-)^[3]

Broken Barricades is the fifth studio album by British rock band Procol Harum, released in 1971. It was Robin Trower's last album with Procol Harum before his solo career.

The album features a tribute to Jimi Hendrix ("Song for a Dreamer") written by Robin Trower and Keith Reid. Trower and Reid were stunned by Hendrix's death at the age of only 27.^[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Brooker except where noted. All lyrics written by Keith Reid.

Side one
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Simple Sister"	Brooker	5:48
2.	"Broken Barricades"	Brooker	3:09
3.	"Memorial Drive" (R. Trower, K. Reid)	Brooker	3:43
4.	"Luskus Delph"	Brooker	3:43

Side two
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Power Failure"	Brooker	4:29
2.	"Song for a Dreamer" (R. Trower, K. Reid)	Trower	5:35
3.	"Playmate of the Mouth"	Brooker	5:02
4.	"Poor Mohammed" (R. Trower, K. Reid)	Trower	3:06

2009 Salvo reissue

The 2009 Salvo reissue was remastered by Nick Robbins and features four bonus tracks. These tracks are "raw" tracks without overdubs and in the case of "Poor Mohammed" features just the backing track with Trower's lead guitar prominent.

2009 Salvo reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"Broken Barricades (raw track)"	G. Brooker, K. Reid	3:57
10.	"Simple Sister (raw track)"	G. Brooker, K. Reid	5:49
11.	"Poor Mohammed (instrumental)"	R. Trower, K. Reid	2:43
12.	"Song for a Dreamer (King Jimi) (instrumental)"	R. Trower, K. Reid	4:56
Total length:			52:50

Credits

Procol Harum

Gary Brooker – piano and vocals
Chris Copping – hammond organ and bass guitar
Robin Trower – guitar and lead vocals on tracks 6 and 8
BJ Wilson – drums
Keith Reid – words

Production

Produced by Chris Thomas
Engineered by John Punter
Artwork and design by C.C.S. Associates
Photography by Pete Sanders

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1971	UK Albums Chart	41^[5]
1971	Billboard 200	32^[6]

References

↑ Greenwald, Matthew. "Broken Barricades overwiew". Allmusic.
↑ Melissa Mills, Mike Saunders. "Broken Barricades overwiew". Rolling Stone.
↑ Robert Christgau. "Procol Harum consumer guide reviews". robertchristgau.com.
↑ Booklet notes for the 2009 Salvo reissue, Patrick Humphries, 2009
↑ "Procol Harum chart positions in the UK". The Official Charts Company.
↑ "Broken Barricades chart position in the US". Billboard.

v t e Procol Harum

Gary Brooker Geoff Dunn Matt Pegg Josh Phillips Geoff Whitehorn Keith Reid Dave Ball Graham Broad Dave Bronze Mark Brzezicki Alan Cartwright Chris Copping Matthew Fisher Mick Grabham Bobby Harrison David Knights Dee Murray Tim Renwick Ray Royer Don Snow Peter Solley Henry Spinetti Jerry Stevenson Robin Trower Ian Wallace B.J. Wilson

Studio albums	Procol Harum Shine On Brightly A Salty Dog Home Broken Barricades Grand Hotel Exotic Birds and Fruit Procol's Ninth Something Magic The Prodigal Stranger The Well's on Fire

Live albums	Procol Harum Live In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra One More Time – Live in Utrecht 1992 Live at Union Chapel One Eye to the Future – Live in Italy 2007 Procol Harum – In Concert With the Danish National Concert Orchestra and Choir The Spirit of Nøkken MMX

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