Pipedream (album)
| Pipedream | ||||
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| Studio album by Alan Hull | ||||
| Released | 1973 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock, Folk | |||
| Length | 40:00 | |||
| Label |
 Charisma Records Elektra Records | |||
| Producer | Micky Sweeney, Alan Hull | |||
| Alan Hull chronology | ||||
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Pipedream is the first solo album from Lindisfarne singer Alan Hull.
Releases and chart performance
The album was first released in 1973 following the breakup of Lindisfarne. It spent three weeks in the UK album chart, peaking at #29.[1]
Pipedream was rereleased in 2005 with a number of new bonus tracks to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Hull's death.[2]
Cover artwork
The cover artwork is based on a painting by René Magritte.[3]
Track listing
All songs written by Alan Hull. [2][4]
- "Breakfast"
- "Justanothersadsong"
- "Money Game"
- "STD 0632"
- "United States of Mind"
- "Country Gentleman's Wife"
- "Numbers (Travelling Band)"
- "For The Bairns"
- "Drug Song"
- "Song for a Windmill"
- "Blue Murder"
- "I Hate To See You Cry"
Personnel
- Alan Hull - vocals, guitar, piano, harmonium, "Guinness"
- John Turnbull - guitar, "orange juice, health foods"
- Colin Gibson - bass, "mental indecision, snuff and herbal tobacco"
- Ken Craddock - piano, organ, harmonium, electric piano, guitar, "Guinness, wine, tequila, Pernod, Coca-cola and anything else around at the time"
- Ray Laidlaw - drums, "common sense"
- Ray Jackson - harp, mandolin, vocals, "Rude noises"
- Dave Brooks - saxophone on "For The Bairns"
- Micky Sweeney - producer, "high level energy"
- Roy T. Baker - engineer, mixing, "woofy woofy"
- Ken Scott, Mike Stone - engineer