Of Queues and Cures

Of Queues and Cures
Studio album by National Health
Released	1978
Recorded	July 1978
Genre	Progressive rock, avant-garde jazz, psychedelic rock, hard rock, art rock
Length	52:02
Label	Esoteric Records
Producer	Mike Dunne
National Health chronology
National Health (1977) Of Queues and Cures (1978) D.S. Al Coda (1982)

Of Queues and Cures (also identified as Of Queues & Cures) is the second album recorded by the progressive rock and jazz fusion group National Health, one of the last representatives of the artistically prolific Canterbury scene.

Track listing

1. "The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians), Pt. 1" (Dave Stewart) - 8:54
2. "The Collapso" (Stewart) - 6:19
3. "Squarer for Maud" (John Greaves) - 11:51
4. "Dreams Wide Awake" (Phil Miller) - 8:50
5. "Binoculars" (Pip Pyle) - 11:45
6. "Phlâkatön" (Pyle) - 0:09
7. "The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians), Pt. 2" (Stewart) - 5:31
8. "Paracelsus" (Excerpt) (Bonus Track)
9. "The Apocalypso" (Bonus Track)

Personnel

• Dave Stewart - Organ (tracks 1-5, 7), electric piano (tracks 1-5, 7), piano (tracks 1-3, 7), minimoog (tracks 3-5, 7)
• Phil Miller - Guitar (tracks 1-5, 7)
• John Greaves - Bass (tracks 1-5, 7), piano innards (track 3), crooning (track 5)
• Pip Pyle - Drums (tracks 1-5, 7), breakage (track 2), percussion (track 3), handclaps (track 3)

Also:

• Selwyn Baptiste - Steel drums (track 2)
• Rick Biddulph - Bass on 6/4 organ solo (track 4)
• Peter Blegvad - Spoken word excerpt (track 3)
• Georgie Born - Cellos (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7)
• Mike Dunne - Engineer, Producer
• Brian Gaylor - Engineer
• Jimmy Hastings - Clarinets (tracks 3, 5), bass clarinet (track 3), flute (track 5)
• Phil Minton - Trumpet (track 1), trumpets (track 5)
• Paul Nieman - Trombones (tracks 1, 5)
• Keith Thompson - Oboe (tracks 3, 5)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
All About Jazz	(not rated) [2]

The Allmusic review by Dave Lynch awarded the album 4 stars and states "Of Queues & Cures is one of the last and finest examples of the instrumental Canterbury sound on record during the 1970s.".^[1]

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