''Annie in Wonderland'' is the first solo album by

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, vocalist with the 1970s band Renaissance. It was produced by Roy Wood, who also wrote some of the material, arranged all the songs, played nearly all of the instruments (including an uncredited lead vocal on "I Never Believed in Love"), and illustrated the cover. The album features a range of musical styles enabling Haslam to experiment with vocal styles outside the ethos of Renaissance. The range for which Haslam is well-known is still apparent, however, especially in the showcase number "Rockalise". The album peaked at No. 167 on the ''

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Album cover

''Annie in Wonderland'' was originally released in a gatefold sleeve featuring original artwork by Roy Wood. Many of John Tenniel's characters from Lewis Carroll's

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appear, in particular the Knave of Hearts (as a teddy boy), the March Hare (as a football supporter), and the

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(as Wood himself) - the caricatures are reasonably faithful to the original illustrations. The interior features photographs of the performers, friends and family as well as the track listing and credits.

Reception

Allmusic's reviewer retrospectively described the album as "whimsical, fanciful, and verging on precious", particularly praising "If I Loved You" and commenting in reference to "Nature Boy" that "Haslam gets right to the heart of this beautifully soulful song".

Track listing

;Side one #"Introlise" – 0:30 #"If I Were Made of Music" (Jon Camp) – 4:29 #"I Never Believed in Love" ( Roy Wood) – 3:38 #"

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) – 4:38 #"Hunioco" (Wood) – 7:32 ;Side two #"Rockalise" (Wood) – 6:08 – to alison (refers to WNEW-FM radio personality Alison Steele) #" Nature Boy" ( Eden Ahbez) – 4:53 #"Inside My Life" (Camp) – 4:50 #"

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Personnel

Musicians

- lead vocals, backing vocals * Roy Wood - electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, string bass, mandolin, cello, balalaikas, saxophones, drums,

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, trumpet, African drums, percussion, string ensemble, Moog, piano,

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, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "I Never Believed in Love" *Jon Camp - bass guitar on "I Never Believed in Love", "Nature Boy" and "Inside My Life"; bass pedals and acoustic guitar on "If I Were Made of Music"; backing vocals on "Inside My Life" *Dave Donovan - drums on "Nature Boy" and "If I Were Made of Music" * Louis Clark - polymoog and string arrangements on "Rockalise", brass and choir arrangements and flute on "Going Home"

Production

*Roy Wood - producer *Dick Plant - engineering, backing vocals *Barry Kidd - assistant engineer *Tim Young - mastering

Notes

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