National Health (album)
National Health is the first album recorded by the progressive rock and jazz fusion group National Health, one of the last representatives of the artistically prolific Canterbury scene. Although it was created during the rise of punk, the album is characterized by lengthy, elaborate and mostly instrumental compositions that combine prog and jazz elements.
- For the Maxïmo Park album, see The National Health.
| National Health | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 1978 | |||
| Recorded | February – March 1977 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, progressive rock, avant-garde | |||
| Length | 49:58 | |||
| Label | Affinity Records, Get Back Records | |||
| Producer | Mike Dunne | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| All About Jazz | (not rated)[2] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tenemos Roads" | Dave Stewart | 14:43 |
| 2. | "Brujo" | Alan Gowen | 10:19 |
| 3. | "Borogoves (Excerpt from Part Two)" | Stewart | 4:16 |
| 4. | "Borogoves (Part One)" | Stewart | 6:37 |
| 5. | "Elephants" | Gowen, Stewart | 14:37 |
Personnel
- Phil Miller – electric guitar
- Dave Stewart – acoustic piano, electric piano, organ (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5), Clavinet (track 3)
- Pip Pyle – drums, glockenspiel (tracks 2, 5), pixiphone (track 5), gong (track 1), cowbell (track 1), tambourine (track 1), finger cymbals (track 2), shakers (track 2), bells (track 2)
- Neil Murray – fretless bass guitar
with
- Alan Gowen – acoustic piano (tracks 2, 5), electric piano, moog synthesizer
- Jimmy Hastings – flute (tracks 1–3, 5), clarinet (tracks 3, 4), bass clarinet (track 1)
- John Mitchell – percussion (track 1), güiro (track 2), temple block (track 2), conga (track 3)[3]
- Amanda Parsons – vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5)
gollark: I could use a convenient brain clock (and RNG and calculator and various other things).
gollark: No, it seems to be saying that the things themselves are not "mighty".
gollark: No it isn't. Those things are "mighty" because they act as force multipliers, not because they do things on their own.
gollark: I see.
gollark: As in, Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or another queen?
References
- Nickson, Chris. "National Health – National Health | AllMusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- Kelman, John (30 July 2009). "National Health: National Health / Of Queues and Cures". All About Jazz. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- "AllMusic Review by Dave Lynch". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
External links
- National Health at Progarchives
- Biography at Calyx Club
- Discography
- Gnosis website
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