The Family Album (Rick Wakeman album)

The Family Album is a new-age album by Rick Wakeman for which he recorded a song for every member of his family including his parents, pets and even his computer.

The Family Album
Studio album by
Rick Wakeman
Released1987
RecordedStudio House, Wraysbury,
April - July, 1987
GenreNew-age
Length58:51
LabelPresident
ProducerRick Wakeman
Rick Wakeman chronology
Country Airs
(1986)		 The Family Album
(1987)		 The Gospels
(1987)

Years later, after divorcing his wife Nina and the passing of his parents, Wakeman has stated he no longer listens to this album as it brings him sadness.[1]

Track listing
  1. "Black Beauty" (black rabbit)
  2. "Adam" (Rick's 2nd son)
  3. "Jemma" (Rick & Nina's daughter)
  4. "Benjamin" (Rick's 3rd son)
  5. "Oscar" (Rick & Nina's son)
  6. "Oliver" (Rick's 1st son)
  7. "Nina" (Rick's wife)
  8. "Wiggles" (black & white rabbit)
  9. "Chloe" (German Shepherd)
  10. "Kookie" (Cat)
  11. "Tilly" (Golden Retriever)
  12. "Mum"
  13. "Dad"
  14. "The Day After The Fair"
  15. "Mackintosh"

Note: The main melody for "Nina" was later used by Wakeman for "The Meeting", a song from the 1989 album Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe.

Personnel

Production
  • John Burns - engineer
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gollark: I think palaiologos wanted to get around their self-muting by leaving and rejoining. So hi.
gollark: But I think you could say that lots of things which kill you just work by reducing the amount of something or other in your body.
gollark: Well, that's the mechanism apparently, but the effect is that if you drink too much water you die.
gollark: You can overdose on *water*, if you have a lot of water.

References
  1. RWCC - The Family Album
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