If 2

by If

If 2 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 December 1970
  • Label: Island
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 36:33
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: John Mealing, John Hodkinson, Dave Quincy, Dick Morrissey, Dennis Elliott, Terry Smith, Lew Futterman, Jim Richardson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

If's second album continued the British jazz-rock model built around brass arrangements, electric rhythm sections, and rock vocal writing. The band occupied a space between progressive rock audiences and jazz-club musicianship, with 'If 2' showing the lineup's emphasis on arranged ensemble movement rather than free-form solo display alone.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, complex, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Your City Is Falling (5:05)
  2. Sunday Sad (8:23)
  3. Tarmac T. Pirate And The Lonesome Nymphomaniac (4:33)
  4. I Couldn't Write And Tell You (8:20)
  5. Shadows And Echoes (4:26)
  6. A Song For Elsa, Three Days Before Her 25th Birthday (5:44)

Credits

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