Pipedream (Alan Hull album)

Pipedream is the first solo album from Lindisfarne singer Alan Hull.

Pipedream
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
Pipedream (1973) Squire (1974)

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]

1. "Breakfast"
2. "Justanothersadsong"
3. "Money Game"
4. "STD 0632"
5. "United States of Mind"
6. "Country Gentleman's Wife"
7. "Numbers (Travelling Band)"
8. "For The Bairns"
9. "Drug Song"
10. "Song for a Windmill"
11. "Blue Murder"
12. "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"

Technical

• Micky Sweeney - producer, "high level energy"
• Roy T. Baker - engineer, mixing, "woofy woofy"
• Ken Scott, Mike Stone - engineer

References

1. Chart Stats - Alan Hull - Pipe Dream
2. BBC - Music - Review of Alan Hull's Pipedream
3. Rene Magritte - Culture
4. allmusic : Pipedream