Green (Steve Hillage album)

Green
Studio album by Steve Hillage
Released 1978
Recorded December 1977, Surrey, overdubs and mixing in London January and February 1978
Genre Progressive rock
Length 46:09
Label Virgin
Producer Nick Mason, Steve Hillage
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Green is the fourth studio album by British progressive rock musician Steve Hillage. It was recorded primarily in Dorking, Surrey, and in London, and was produced and engineered by Nick Mason, of Pink Floyd fame.

The album entered the UK charts on 29 April 1978, where it stayed for 8 weeks, hitting a peak of number 30.[3]

The cover features a distinctive "pyramid fish" design by John Michell - an English writer and painter with a particular interest in numbers and geometric shapes. His design is based on the medieval vesica piscis shape - the intersection between two equal sized circles where the centre of each lies on the circumference of the other.

The Virgin catalogue number for this album on vinyl was V2098.

The album was initially issued on see-through green vinyl, with later pressings on normal black vinyl. The green vinyl pressing also included a poster of Hillage superimposed on a mountain range, with the pyramid fish symbol superimposed on his face. Those green vinyl pressings also came with an insert with lyrics and additional album information.

The closing track, "The Glorious Om Riff", is a remake of the song "Master Builder" from the Gong album "You", which Hillage had a hand in composing with the other members of Gong.


Track listing

Side One

  1. "Sea Nature" - 6:43 (Hillage/Giraudy)
  2. "Ether Ships" - 5:02 (Hillage/Giraudy)
  3. "Musik of the Trees" - 4:53 (Hillage/Giraudy)
  4. "Palm Trees (Love Guitar)" - 5:19(Hillage/Giraudy)

Side Two

  1. "Unidentified (Flying Being)" - 4:30 (Hillage/Giraudy/Robertson)
  2. "U.F.O. Over Paris" - 3:11 (Hillage/Giraudy/Robertson/Blocker/Bynum)
  3. "Leylines to Glassdom" - 4:06 (Hillage/Giraudy)
  4. "Crystal City" - 3:36 (Hillage/Giraudy)
  5. "Activation Meditation" - 1:03 (Hillage/Giraudy)
  6. "The Glorious Om Riff" - 7:46 (C.O.I.T/Hillage)

bonus tracks for CD release 2007

  1. "Unidentified (Flying Being)" – Live at Glastonbury 1979
  2. "Not Fade Away (Glid Forever)" – Live at The Rainbow Theatre 1977
  3. "Octave Doctors" – Live at Glastonbury 1979
  4. "Meditation of the Snake" [alternative mix]
The limited edition green vinyl version of Steve Hillage's Green album.

Musicians and Production

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References

  1. ↑ "allmusic ((( Green > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
  2. ↑ "Steve Hillage - Green (LP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
  3. ↑ The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, 1983, page 80.