''Heartbreak Hill'' is the fifteenth studio album by English band

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. The album was recorded in 1978 but, due to record deal and management difficulties, was not released until 1995. The recording schedule conflicted with guitarist Dave Lambert's plans to record a solo album, so session musicians Jo Partridge and Miller Anderson were recruited to supply electric guitar. The album was the first to feature keyboardist

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as part of the band line-up.

Track listing

#"Something for Nothing" ( Dave Cousins, Chas Cronk) – 7:23 #"Another Day Without You" (Cousins) – 2:57 #"We Can Make it Together" (Cousins, Cronk) – 4:18 #"Heartbreak Hill" (Cousins, Cronk) – 7:31 #"Starting Over" (Cousins, Andy Richards) – 10:48 #"Two Separate People" (Cousins, Cronk, Richards, Tony Fernandez) – 2:55 #"Desert Song" (Cousins) – 4:19 #"Let it Rain" (Cousins, Cronk, Richards) – 4:04

Bonus track

The Platinum CD edition of the album includes the track #"Something for Nothing (The Whiplash Mix)" (Cousins, Cronk) – 7:23

Personnel

* Dave Cousins –

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, backing vocals,

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* Chas Cronk – bass guitar, backing vocals *Tony Fernandez –

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, percussion *

–

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* Dave Lambert – guitar on track 1 ;Additional personnel *Jo Partridge – electric guitar,

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, vocals *Miller Anderson – guitar on track 3, vocals on tracks 3 and 8

Recording

*Tom Allom – Producer

References in popular culture

The album was referred to in a

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cartoon strip entitled "Spot The Clue with Tim Westwood". The strip was a detective story in which, in a bizarre twist, the killer was caught after claiming that they had been listening to a selection of vinyl LPs including ''Heartbreak Hill'', which due to the various legal issues surrounding its release had not been issued on vinyl at the time the strip was published.

Release history

References

''Heartbreak Hill'' on Strawbsweb

Notes

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