Crafty Hands

by Happy the Man

Crafty Hands cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1978
  • Label: Arista
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:32
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The second and final album of the group's original Arista Records run, 'Crafty Hands' showcases highly intricate, largely instrumental compositions. The complex interplay between keyboards and woodwinds highlights their unique position within the American symphonic progressive rock movement.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, progressive, melodic, atmospheric, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Service with a Smile (2:43)
  2. Morning Sun (4:02)
  3. Ibby It Is (7:49)
  4. Steaming Pipes (5:40)
  5. Wind Up Doll Day Wind (7:06)
  6. Open Book (4:50)
  7. I Forgot to Push It (3:04)
  8. The Moon, I Sing (Nossuri) (6:14)

Credits

  • Happy the Man - primary artist, arranged by
  • Mario Grimaldi - artwork
  • Rick Kennell - bass
  • Ron Riddle - drums, percussion, written-by
  • Stanley Whitaker - guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Frank Wyatt - piano, harpsichord, saxophone, flute, voice, written-by
  • Kit Watkins - piano, harpsichord, synthesizer [moog], keyboards [clavinet], written-by
  • Greg Hawkes - written-by

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