The Grass Is Greener

by Colosseum

The Grass Is Greener cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1970
  • Label: Dunhill
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 38:10
  • Community rating: 3.86/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Gerry Bron, Mike Taylor, Pete Brown, Tony Reeves, Jack Bruce, Dave Tomlin, Jon Hiseman, James Litherland, Dave Greenslade

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Colosseum's 'The Grass Is Greener' was assembled for the North American market using material from 'Valentyne Suite' alongside newly recorded tracks. The album preserves the band's early mixture of organ-driven progressive rock, jazz phrasing, and blues-based ensemble writing in an alternate catalogue configuration.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, bluesy, improvisation, saxophone, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Jumping Off The Sun (3:00)
  2. Lost Angeles (5:30)
  3. Elegy (3:26)
  4. Butty's Blues (6:45)
  5. Rope Ladder To The Moon (3:42)
  6. Bolero (5:28)
  7. The Machine Demands A Sacrifice (2:48)
  8. The Grass Is Greener (7:31)

Credits

  • Colosseum - primary artist
  • Jon Hiseman - drums, composed by
  • Clem Clempson - guitar [assorted guitar]
  • Dave Greenslade - organ, piano, percussion [tuner percussion], composed by
  • Dick Heckstall-Smith - soprano saxophone [soprano], tenor saxophone [tenor], woodwind, composed by
  • Dave Tomlin - composed by
  • Mike Taylor - composed by
  • Neil Ardley - arranged by [string quartet parts are super], arranged by [include a massive big-band arrangement by the superb]

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