Identity (Zee album)

Identity
Studio album by Zee
Released	9 April 1984
Recorded	Cambridge, September 1983
Genre	New Wave, synthpop
Length	46:03
Label	Harvest/EMI
Producer	Richard Wright, Dave Harris
Richard Wright chronology
Wet Dream (1978) Identity (1984) Broken China (1996)

Identity is the only album by Zee, a short-lived duo partnership consisting of Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright and Dave Harris of New Romantic outfit Fashion, released in 1984. Wright later stated that he felt Identity was an "experimental mistake" that should never have been released.^[3] The album was written and produced by Wright and Harris and all the lyrics were penned by Harris.

The album makes heavy use of the Fairlight CMI, a musical synthesizer popularized in the 1980s. This creates a very electronic sound that persists through every track.

"Confusion" was released as a single with "Eyes of a Gypsy" as the B-side.

Track listing

All songs by Richard Wright and Dave Harris.

Side one

1. "Confusion" – 4:17
2. "Voices" – 6:21
3. "Private Person" – 3:36
4. "Strange Rhythm" – 6:36

Side two

5. "Cuts Like a Diamond" – 5:36
6. "By Touching" – 5:39
7. "How Do You Do It" – 4:45
8. "Seems We Were Dreaming" – 4:57

Bonus track from the cassette release

9. "Eyes of a Gypsy" – 4:13

Non-album tracks

1. "Confusion" (Single Mix) – 3:36
2. "Confusion" (12" Mix) – 6:21
3. "Eyes of a Gypsy" (From the "Confusion" 12" UK single) – 4:11

Personnel

• Richard Wright: keyboards, percussion, fairlight, backing vocals
• Dave Harris: guitars, keyboards, percussion, fairlight, lead vocals

Production

• Produced by Richard Wright and Dave Harris
• Engineered and co-produced by Tim Palmer
• Overdubs and mixdown by Utopia (London)
• Artwork by Dave Harris
• Photography by Paul Cox

References