''Egg'' is the 1970 debut album by British
progressive rock band
Egg
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.
Track listing
The album was originally released on vinyl by Deram.
All songs by
Clive Brooks,
Mont Campbell and
Dave Stewart, except where noted.
Side one
# "Bulb" (Peter Gallen) – 0:09
# "While Growing My Hair" – 3:53
# "I Will Be Absorbed" – 5:10
# "
Fugue in D Minor
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" (
Johann Sebastian Bach) – 2:46
# "They Laughed When I Sat Down at the Piano…" – 1:17
# "The Song of McGillicudie the Pusillanimous (Or Don't Worry James, Your Socks Are Hanging in the Coal Cellar with Thomas)" – 5:07
# "Boilk" – 1:00
Side two
# "Symphony No. 2" – 20:43
#*Movement 1
#*Movement 2
#*Blane
#*Movement 4
2004 re-issue
The album was re-issued on CD in February 2004 by ''Eclectic Discs''. Remastered from the original tapes, the re-issue has three bonus tracks, including both sides of the band's first and only single ("Seven Is a Jolly Good Time/You Are All Princes") and "Movement 3" from "Symphony No. 2", which was omitted from the original LP due to copyright difficulties because its tune bears a similarity to part of
Igor Stravinsky
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's ballet ''
The Rite of Spring''. There are also similarities to the final ''Neptune'' movement of
Gustav Holst's orchestral suite ''
The Planets''.
The track listing is as follows:
# "Bulb" – 0:09
# "While Growing My Hair" – 4:02
# "I Will Be Absorbed" – 5:11
# "Fugue in D Minor" – 2:49
# "They Laughed When I Sat Down at the Piano…" – 1:21
# "The Song of McGillicudie the Pusillanimous (or don't worry James, your socks are hanging in the coal cellar with Thomas)" – 5:07
# "Boilk" – 1:04
# "Symphony No. 2" – 23:54
#*Movement 1 – 5:47
#*Movement 2 – 6:18
#*Blane – 5:28
#*Movement 3 – 3:11 *
#*Movement 4 – 3:10
# "Seven Is a Jolly Good Time" – 2:47 *
# "You Are All Princes" – 3:45 *
Personnel
*
Dave Stewart -
Hammond organ
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, piano, tone generator,
Mellotron
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*
Mont Campbell - bass, vocals (2, 3, 6)
*
Clive Brooks - drums
References
External links
Lyrics to ''Egg''*
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Egg (band) albums
1970 debut albums
Deram Records albums
Albums produced by Dave Stewart (keyboardist)
Albums produced by Mont Campbell
Albums produced by Clive Brooks