Asylum
by Cressida
- Type: Album
- Released: February 1971
- Label: Vertigo
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 39:58
- Community rating: 4.16/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Peter Jennings, John Culley, Iain Clark, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Layton, Ossie Byrne, Angus Cullen, Harold McNair
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Released posthumously after the band had already dissolved, the second album from this British quintet is a crown jewel of the Vertigo swirl catalog. The record is driven by Peter Jennings' exquisite, classically trained Hammond organ and Mellotron work, augmented beautifully by sweeping orchestral arrangements. It stands as a flawless, highly coveted example of early 70s melancholic symphonic rock.
Genres
Descriptors: progressive, satirical, conscious, symphonic, literate
Tracklist
- Asylum (3:29)
- Munich (9:30)
- Goodbye Post Office Tower Goodbye (2:47)
- Survivor (1:34)
- Reprieved (2:26)
- Lisa (5:04)
- Summer Weekend Of A Lifetime (3:21)
- Let Them Come When They Will (11:44)
Credits
- Cressida - primary artist, arranged by
- John Culley - acoustic guitar, guitar, acoustic guitar
- Paul Layton - acoustic guitar
- Angus Cullen - acoustic guitar, percussion [extra], vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar, written-by
- Kevin McCarthy - bass
- Iain Clark - drums, percussion, percussion [extra]
- Harold McNair - flute
- Peter Jennings - organ, piano, written-by