Renaissance (Renaissance album)

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Renaissance

Studio album by Renaissance

Released

1969

Recorded

1969 at Olympic Sound Studios, London

Genre

Progressive rock, symphonic rock

Length

39:24

Renaissance chronology

Original US release cover
	Renaissance (1969)	Illusion (1971)

Innocence reissue

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Renaissance was the self-titled debut album by progressive rock band Renaissance.

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Kings and Queens"	Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo	10:56
2.	"Innocence"	Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo	7:07
3.	"Island"	Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo^[2]	5:58
4.	"Wanderer"	Hawken-McCarty	4:02
5.	"Bullet"	Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo	11:21

Personnel

Keith Relf - vocals, guitar, harmonica
Jim McCarty - percussion, vocals
John Hawken - piano, harpsichord
Louis Cennamo - bass
Jane Relf - vocals, percussion

"Island" single

The single version of "Island" (a different recording from the album version, with faster tempo, more overdubbed backing vocals, and no classical themes at the end) was backed with a non-LP B-side, "The Sea." Some CD editions of the album include both of these tracks.

Releases

Renaissance was initially released in the UK in 1969 by Island records as catalogue ILPS-9114; it was also released in America on Elektra and by Island in Germany) as 87 609 ET.

In 1998 Renaissance was reissued by Mooncrest Records (U.K.) as Innocence. This reissue included six bonus tracks, but the packaging included no explanation of what they were. Besides "Island" (single version) and "The Sea" (see above), there were the following:^[3]^[4]^[5]

"Shining Where The Sun Has Been": Pre-Renaissance demo (1968) recorded by Keith & Jim under the name "Together."
"Prayer For Light" & "Walking Away": Tracks recorded, post-Renaissance, by Keith & Jim (written & sung by Jim) for the unreleased 1971 film Schizom.
"All The Fallen Angels": Demo, 1976. Keith's final recorded performance.

On 29 November 10, Esoteric Recordings releases a remastered and expanded edition (including both sides of the band’s first single) ^[6]

References

↑ Eder, Bruce (2011). "Renaissance - Renaissance | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
↑ This track borrows heavily from Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata(Piano Sonata No.8 In C Minor Op.13, 'Pathétique' : III Rondo - Allegro)
↑ "Renaissance Discography". Nlightsweb.com. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
↑ "The History Of Renaissance". Nlightsweb.com. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
↑ "Keith Relf". Music Sage. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
↑ Esoteric Recordings

v t e Renaissance

Annie Haslam David J. Keyes Rave Tesar Frank Pagano Jason Hart Ryche Chlanda John Hawken Jane Relf Keith Relf Louis Cennamo Jim McCarty Michael Dunford Terry Crowe Terry Slade Neil Korner John Tout Anne-Marie "Binky" Cullom Danny McCulloch Frank Farrell John Wetton Jon Camp Terence Sullivan Mick Parsons Rob Hendry Peter Finberg Peter Gosling Peter Baron Mick Taylor Gavin Harrison Raphael Rudd Greg Carter Mark Lampariello Charles Descarfino Roy Wood Mickey Simmonds Alex Caird Tom Brislin

Studio albums	Renaissance Illusion Prologue Ashes Are Burning Turn of the Cards Scheherazade and Other Stories Novella A Song for All Seasons Azure d'Or Camera Camera Time-Line Tuscany Grandine il Vento

Live albums	Live at Carnegie Hall In the Land of the Rising Sun: Live in Japan 2001 Mother Russia Live and Direct In the Land of the Rising Sun: Live in Concert British Tour '76 Dreams & Omens: "Live" at the Tower Theatre

Songs	"Mother Russia"

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