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'' with music composed by

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Tony Banks.

Reception

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's retrospective review rated more of the album's instrumental suites as mixed in quality, but dismissed the three pop songs as mediocre and "rather hookless".

Track listing

;Music from the film '' ''Quicksilver'''' ;Music from the film '' Lorca and the Outlaws ''(a.k.a. Starship)''''

Singles

* Lorca and the Outlaws EP (September 1985) # "Redwing" # "You Call This Victory" By Jim Diamond and Tony Banks # "Lion of Symmetry" By Toyah Willcox and Tony Banks * Shortcut to Somewhere (October 1986) # "Shortcut to Somewhere" By Fish and Tony Banks # "Smilin' Jack Casey" # "K2"

''Quicksilver'' Original Soundtrack (separate release)

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in 1991. #"Suite Streets - From ''Quicksilver''" #"Quicksilver Suite I/Rebirth/The Gypsy" - Tony Banks #"Quicksilver Suite II/Crash Landing" - Tony Banks.

Song notes

* A short section of Banks' music heard in the film ''Quicksilver'' did not appear on either the soundtrack album or Banks' ''Soundtracks'' album. * Most of the tune to the track "Lorca" was reused in the song "Queen of Darkness" from the

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album (1989). *"Smilin’ Jack Casey" is available only on this album. It is not available on the ''Quicksilver'' soundtrack album. * A section of the song "Shortcut to Somewhere" was performed live for the first time when

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in 1988. It is the only Tony Banks solo song to have been played live by the band.

Musicians

*Tony Banks - bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals, producer (on all but "1") * The Clinic - design * John Eden - producer on (6 to 12) * Richard James Burgess - producer on (1) * Andy Jackson - engineer on (1) * Chas Watkins - engineer on "Music from the film ''Lorca and the Outlaws ''(a.k.a. Starship)''"''

References

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