Pipedream

by Alan Hull

Pipedream cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1973
  • Label: Charisma
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.94/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The principal songwriter for Lindisfarne stepped away from his bandmates to craft this deeply introspective, distinctly Northern English solo debut. Stripping back the rollicking pub-rock energy of his main group, Hull embraces lush string arrangements and subdued, melancholic acoustic textures to explore themes of isolation and working-class disillusionment. It stands as a pinnacle of 1970s British folk-rock, showcasing his wry lyricism and undeniable melodic sensibilities in an intimate setting.

Genres

Descriptors: alcohol, conscious, folk, storytelling, acoustic, piano, confessional

Tracklist

  1. Breakfast
  2. Justanothersadsong (2:55)
  3. Money Game
  4. STD 0632 (3:11)
  5. United States Of Mind (3:07)
  6. Country Gentleman's Wife (3:39)
  7. Numbers (Travelling Band) (3:57)
  8. For The Bairns
  9. Drug Song
  10. Song For A Windmill
  11. Blue Murder
  12. I Hate To See You Cry

Credits

  • Colin Gibson - bass, other [mental indecision, snuff & herbal tobacco]
  • Ray Laidlaw - drums, other [common sense]
  • John Turnbull - guitar, other [orange juice & health foods]
  • Ray Jackson - harp, mandolin, vocals, noises [rude noises]
  • Ren茅 Magritte - painting
  • Kenny Craddock - piano, organ, harmonium, electric piano, guitar, other [guiness, wine, tequila, pernod, coca-cola & anything else around at the time]
  • Dave Brooks - saxophone

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