''Rhapsodies'' is a studio double album by English keyboardist
Rick Wakeman, released in May 1979 on
A&M Records
A&M Records was an American record label founded as an independent company by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1962. Due to the success of the discography A&M released, the label garnered interest and was acquired by PolyGram in 1989 and began distr ...
. It was his last studio release on A&M and reached no. 25 in the UK. Described by Wakeman as "probably the most confusing I have ever made" due to the range of styles, it contains generally shorter tracks than his previous work to date, the longest being 5:32. All of his previous non-soundtrack albums had contained at least two tracks over seven minutes long.
Track listing
All tracks by Rick Wakeman, except where noted.
Personnel
Music
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Rick Wakeman – keyboards, arrangements, vocals and vocoder on "Pedra da Gavea"
* Nico Ramsden – electric guitar
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Tony Visconti
Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's " Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of man ...
– acoustic guitar, engineer
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Bruce Lynch – bass guitars
*
Frank Gibson Jr. – drums, percussion
Technical
*James Lougheed – engineer, Mobile One tape operator
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David K. Richards – assistant engineer
*Michael Ross – album design, art direction
*Paul Wakefield – photography
Charts
References
1979 albums
Rick Wakeman albums
Albums produced by Tony Visconti
A&M Records albums
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