Sky 2 (album)
Sky 2 is the second album by English/Australian instrumental progressive rock band Sky, released in 1980. Despite being a double album it reached number one in the British Album charts, and at the time was the fastest double album to receive platinum status in the UK,[1] while the instrumental single "Toccata" peaked at 5 in the British Singles Chart.[2]
Francis Monkman played guitar on the 20-minute rock suite "FIFO" because, in his words, "I felt it necessary to inject a grunge element".[3] "FIFO" stands for "First In, First Out", and is a song about computer processing.[4]
Track list
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| 4. |
"FIFO - 1st Movement: FIFO" | Francis Monkman |
6:44 |
| 5. |
"FIFO - 2nd Movement: Adagio" | Monkman |
2:29 |
| 6. |
"FIFO - 3rd Movement: Scherzo" | Monkman |
4:19 |
| 7. |
"FIFO - 4th Movement: Watching the Aeroplanes" | Monkman |
3:33 |
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| 8. |
"Tuba Smarties" (live)" | Flowers |
3:18 |
| 9. |
"Ballet-Volta" | Praetorius, Arr. John Williams |
2:45 |
| 10. |
"Gavotte and Variations" | Rameau |
6:14 |
| 11. |
"Andante" | Antonio Vivaldi, Arr. Williams |
2:58 |
| 12. |
"Tristan's Magic Garden" | Tristan Fry |
4:09 |
| 13. |
"El Cielo" | Williams |
4:20 |
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| 14. |
"Vivaldi" | Darryl Way |
4:03 |
| 15. |
"Scipio" | Flowers |
12:09 |
| 16. |
"Toccata" | Bach, Arr. Peek, Holmes |
4:42 |
Chart positions
Personnel
- John Williams - classical guitars
- Francis Monkman - keyboards, synthesizers, harpsichord, piano, left-hand channel electric guitar on "FIFO"
- Herbie Flowers - bass guitar, tuba on "Tuba Smarties"
- Tristan Fry - drums, tuned percussion on "Tristan's Magic Garden" (drumkit, vibraphone, marimba, bass marimba, tympani & xylophones), trumpet on "Tuba Smarties"
- Kevin Peek - electric & classical guitars
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