''Starcastle'' is the first studio album by American

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. In ...

band Starcastle.

Reception

Paul Collins of

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gave the album three stars out of five. He commented that the album was a "decent enough debut" but also said that later records would show that the band was capable of better. Collins also called the album's leadoff track, "Lady Of The Lake", "a wonderfully sprawling song" and an "epic".

Track listing

All songs written by Starcastle Side 1 # "Lady of the Lake" - 10:26 # "Elliptical Seasons" - 4:27 # "Forces" - 6:25 Side 2 # "Stargate" - 2:54 # "Sunfield" - 7:36 # "To the Fire Wind" - 5:16 # "Nova" - 2:35

Credits

Band

Terry Luttrell Terry Luttrell (born 1947 Champaign, Illinois) is an American rock singer/musician best known as lead vocalist for both REO Speedwagon (1968–1972) and Starcastle (1973–1979). Bands Luttrell had played guitar with a local Champaign band, ...

- lead vocals *Matthew Stewart -

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*Stephen Hagler - backing vocals, electric guitar *Gary Strater - backing vocals,

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Herb Schildt Herbert Schildt is an American computing author, programmer and musician. He has written books about various programming languages. He was also a founding member of the progressive rock band Starcastle. Life Schildt holds both graduate and un ...

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, synthesizer, organ *Stephen Tassler - backing vocals, drums,

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Production

*Norm Kinney - producer, engineer *

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- producer, engineer *Ed Lee - art direction *David Gulick - photography *Alex Ebel - artwork *

Gerard Huerta Gerard Huerta is an American typographer and graphic designer. Born and raised in southern California, he graduated from Art Center College of Design and began his career at CBS Records in New York, creating artwork and logos for AC/DC, Boston, ...

- hand lettering

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Starcastle (Album) Starcastle albums 1976 debut albums Epic Records albums