Deep Cuts

by Strawbs

Deep Cuts cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1976
  • Label: Oyster
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:03:33
  • Community rating: 3.01/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Dave Cousins, Chas Cronk, Jeffrey Lesser, Robert Kirby, Rod Coombes, John Mealing, Dave Lambert

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Drastically departing from their established folk-prog roots, this record finds the veteran group fully embracing commercial pop-rock aesthetics. Recorded in a concerted bid for mainstream radio success, the polished arrangements discard lengthy instrumental passages in favor of concise hooks, driving guitars, and slick vocal harmonies.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. I Only Want My Love To Grow In You (3:03)
  2. Turn Me Round (3:45)
  3. Hard Hard Winter (2:57)
  4. My Friend Peter (2:18)
  5. The Soldier's Tale (4:17)
  6. Simple Visions (4:43)
  7. Charmer (3:15)
  8. (Wasting My Time) Thinking Of You (2:30)
  9. Beside The Rio Grande (4:22)
  10. So Close And Yet So Far Away (3:05)
  11. You Won't See The Light (2:52)
  12. Charmer - Single Mix (3:24)
  13. (Wasting My Time) Thinking Of You - Edit (2:18)
  14. Blue Angel (10:48)
  15. Oh So Sleepy (3:09)
  16. The Merchant Adventurer (3:50)
  17. Beside The Rio Grande - David Cousins Spoken Word Version (2:49)

Credits

  • Strawbs - primary artist
  • Alun Hood - illustration
  • Robert Kirby - mellotron, woodwind, electric piano, french horn, vocals
  • John Mealing - organ, piano, electric piano, harpsichord, synthesizer
  • Mike Doud - sleeve, sleeve [concept]
  • Chas Cronk - vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, written-by
  • Rod Coombes - vocals, drums, percussion
  • Dave Lambert - vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar

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