The Wedge

by Pallas

The Wedge cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Harvest
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 58:44
  • Community rating: 2.86/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: pedalboard, Wind

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following a change in lead vocalists, the Scottish neo-prog stalwarts aimed for a more streamlined, commercially accessible sound. The album tempers their sprawling progressive tendencies with tight, hook-driven songwriting and polished mid-80s synthesizers.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Dance Through The Fire (4:46)
  2. Throwing Stones At The Wind (5:15)
  3. Win Or Lose (4:32)
  4. The Executioner (5:36)
  5. Imagination (4:35)
  6. Rat Racing (8:09)
  7. Just A Memory (5:29)
  8. Stranger (3:50)
  9. Sanctuary (9:34)
  10. Nightmare (6:54)

Credits

  • Pallas - primary artist, written-by
  • Niall Mathewson - artwork [inside wedge idea], chorus [football terrace chorus], guitar [electric], guitar synthesizer [roland guitar synth], acoustic guitar, e-bow
  • Graeme Murray - bass [fretted and fretless], wind [south american clay pipes], twelve-string guitar, acoustic guitar, pedalboard [bass pedals], chorus [football terrace chorus], vocals
  • Alan Reed - chorus [football terrace chorus], vocals [reedotron mk ii???]
  • Derek Forman - chorus [football terrace chorus], drums [premier and simmons], percussion, cymbal [meinl cymbals], electronic drums [yamaha drum machine], other [manic laughter!!!]
  • Ronnie Brown - chorus [football terrace chorus], synthesizer [yamaha dx7, oberheim ob8, matrix 12 & emulator ii], mellotron [novatron], grand piano, vocals
  • Marian Smith - other [styling]

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