Birds

by Trace

Birds cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1975
  • Label: Philips
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Length: 42:46
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Ian Mosley, Jaap Van Eik

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Led by keyboard virtuoso Rick van der Linden, Trace's sophomore album 'Birds' is a staggering display of complex, classically-informed symphonic rock. Integrating elements of jazz-rock and featuring dizzying synthesizer technique, the record is heavily anchored by a sprawling suite adapting the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, progressive, technical, complex

Tracklist

  1. Bourr茅e (2:28)
  2. Snuff (2:26)
  3. Janny - In A Mist (1:14)
  4. Opus 1065 (7:45)
  5. Penny (2:43)
  6. Trixie-Dixie (0:28)
  7. Birds - suite (22:00)
  8. Birds - single version (3:38)

Credits

  • Ian Mosley - drums, timpani, gong [chinese], reeds [duckcall], tambourine
  • Jaap Van Eik - guitar [fender stratocaster, fender fuzz, phased], bass [fender precision], vocals
  • Coen Hoedeman - performer [assorted monkeys]
  • Darryl Way - violin [acoustic], electric violin
  • Johann Sebastian Bach - written-by
  • Bill Challis - written-by
  • Bix Beiderbecke - written-by

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