Lucky Leif and the Longships

by Robert Calvert

Lucky Leif and the Longships cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1975
  • Label: United Artists
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 37:50
  • Community rating: 3.12/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by Brian Eno, Robert Calvert's second solo album is a highly eccentric conceptual piece exploring an alternative history where Vikings successfully colonized North America. The record steps away from his intense space rock roots with Hawkwind, opting for a quirky, eclectic blend of pastoral art rock and tongue-in-cheek storytelling.

Genres

Descriptors: history

Tracklist

  1. Ship Of Fools (4:25)
  2. The Lay Of The Surfers (2:58)
  3. Voyaging To Vinland (4:00)
  4. The Making Of Midgard (1:50)
  5. Brave New World (3:51)
  6. Magical Potion (3:00)
  7. Moonshine In The Mountains (2:30)
  8. Storm Chant Of The Skraelings (4:38)
  9. Volstead O Vodeo Do (3:53)
  10. Phase Locked Loop (1:05)
  11. Ragna Rock (5:40)

Credits

  • Robert Calvert - primary artist, arranged by, composed by, voice, horn [fjord-horn], trumpet, harmonica, percussion, other [globe], piano [aeolian]
  • Oblique Strategies - arranged by
  • Paul Rudolph - arranged by, bass, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals, percussion
  • Michael Moorcock - banjo
  • Sal Maida - bass guitar
  • Brian Turrington - bass, piano
  • Tony Hyde - illustration
  • Tony Bridge - lacquer cut by

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