Counter Culture (album)

Counter Culture is a 2005 compilation double album by English folk/rock singer-songwriter Roy Harper featuring 25 classic Roy Harper songs, cherry picked according to his mood in April 2005. This collection spans 35 years of song writing and is intended as an introduction for anyone who's not sure where to start with Harper's music.^[1] This compilation features a number of guest musicians, including; Jimmy Page, Bill Bruford, Ronnie Lane, David Gilmour, Kate Bush and Nick Harper.

Track listing

All tracks credited to Roy Harper

Disc One

"Sophisticated Beggar" – 5:05 (from Sophisticated Beggar)
"You Don't Need Money" – 2:25 (from Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith)
"Francesca" – 1:20 (from Flat Baroque and Berserk)
"I Hate The White Man" – 8:02 (from Flat Baroque and Berserk)
"Another Day" – 4:01 (from Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion)
"The Same Old Rock" – 12:24 (from Stormcock)
"Me And My Woman" – 13:01 (from Stormcock)
"South Africa" – 4:06 (from Lifemask)
"I'll See You Again" – 4:58 (from Valentine)
"Twelve Hours Of Sunset" – 4:49 (from Valentine)
"Forget Me Not" – 2:24 (from HQ)
"Hallucinating Light" – 6:23 (from HQ)
"When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease" – 7:13 (from HQ)

Disc Two

"One Of Those Days In England (Parts 2-10)" – 19:13 (from Bullinamingvase)
"These Last Days" – 4:26 (from Bullinamingvase)
"Cherishing The Lonesome" – 5:57 (from Bullinamingvase)
"The Flycatcher" – 4:08 (from The Unknown Soldier)
"You" – 4:37 (from The Unknown Soldier)
"Frozen Moment" – 3:16 (from Whatever Happened to Jugula?)
"Pinches Of Salt" – 3:06 (from Descendants of Smith)
"Miles Remains" – 8:52 (from Death or Glory?)
"Evening Star" – 6:04 (from Death or Glory?)
"I Want To Be In Love" – 5:59 (from The Dream Society)
"The Green Man" – 5:31 (from The Green Man)
"Blackpool" (Edit) – 2:25 (from Sophisticated Beggar)

Personnel

References

↑ Roy Harper official site

External links

Roy Harper

Studio albums	Sophisticated Beggar Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith Folkjokeopus Flat Baroque and Berserk Stormcock Lifemask Valentine HQ Bullinamingvase The Early Years The Unknown Soldier Work of Heart Born in Captivity Whatever Happened to Jugula? Descendants of Smith Loony on the Bus Once Death or Glory? Commercial Breaks Garden of Uranium Poems, Speeches, Thoughts and Doodles The Dream Society The Green Man Man and Myth

Live albums	Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion In Between Every Line Born in Captivity II Unhinged Live At Les Cousins Royal Festival Hall Live – June 10th 2001 Beyond the Door

Compilations	An Introduction to ..... Hats off East of the Sun Today Is Yesterday Counter Culture From Occident to Orient Songs of Love and Loss

Collaborations	"Have a Cigar" "Breathing" The Edges of Twilight "Time"

Singles / 12" Singles / EPs	"When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease" "The Death of God"

Songs & poems	"Another Day" "Three Hundred Words"

Related articles	Nick Harper Science Friction "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper"

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