''Hummingbird'' is a studio

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. The songs are a mixture of jointly-composed originals, reworkings of songs from

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'', together with Wakeman instrumental compositions presented as

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s to the Cousins songs. The album cover is painted by Wakeman's girlfriend,

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artist Alina Bencini.

Track listing

#"The Young Pretender" (

) – 5:50 #"Hummingbird" (Cousins, Wakeman) – 3:41 #"So Shall Our Love Die" (Cousins) – 3:36 #"Steppes" (Wakeman) – 1:23 #"October to May" (Cousins) – 3:26 #"Ice Maiden" (Wakeman) – 0:42 #"Higher Germanie" (

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) – 4:35 #"Stone Cold is the Woman's Heart" (Cousins) – 4:32 #"Crie du Coeur" (Wakeman) – 1:26 #"All in Vain" (Cousins, Wakeman) – 3:50 #"Can You Believe" (Cousins,

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) – 4:44 #"Via Bencini" (Wakeman) – 2:12 #"Forever Ocean Blue" (Cousins) – 3:38

Personnel

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Recording

Hummingbird was recorded at Music Fusion Studios, Wembley. Stuart Sawney (Recording & Mixing) Erik Jordan (Mixing) Roger Wake (Mastering)

Release history

References

*Liner notes to CD WMCD 2007 ''Hummingbird''

External links

''Hummingbird'' on Strawbsweb
2002 albums Rick Wakeman albums Dave Cousins albums {{2000s-folk-rock-album-stub