''Tuscany'' is the 12th album by the English

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. Init ...

band

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

, released in 2001. After a lengthy hiatus, original members

Annie Haslam Annie Haslam (born 8 June 1947) is an English vocalist, songwriter and painter. She is best known as the lead singer of progressive rock band Renaissance since 1971, and for her long and diverse solo singing career. She has a five-octave vocal r ...

Michael Dunford Michael John Dunford is a football administrator, who is currently Chief Executive at Plymouth Argyle Football Club. Career His first role in football came as General Manager of Derby County, a role he was at from July 1992 until 5 November 19 ...

, Terence Sullivan and John Tout came together to record a new album, assisted by

Roy Wood Roy Wood (born 8 November 1946) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard. As a songwriter, he contributed a n ...

; Tout was unavailable for the later sessions and was replaced by

Mickey Simmonds Mickey Simmonds (born 31 January 1959, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England) is an English session keyboardist, arranger and composer. He is best known for his work with progressive rock acts, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance, Camel and Fish. He has a ...

. Although the album led to one London date on 9 March 2001 followed by a short tour of Japan, with Haslam, Dunford, Sullivan and Simmonds augmented by Rave Tesar (keyboards) and David J. Keyes (bass, vocals), Annie Haslam subsequently announced that the band was again disbanding.

Track listing

Personnel

Renaissance

- lead and backing vocals, producer *

- guitars, producer *Terence Sullivan - drums, percussion *

- keyboards and orchestral arrangements

Guest musicians

*John Tout - piano and harpsichord on track 2, keyboards on track 8 *

- bass on tracks 2 and 3, keyboards and orchestral arrangements on track 3, backing vocals on track 8, percussion on track 9, producer on tracks 5 and 9 *Alex Caird - bass guitar

Production

*Rob Williams, David Woolgar - engineers and mixing *David Ivory & Cheek - mastering at Sigma Sound Services, Philadelphia, PA *Hal Jay Greene, Jim Wood - executive producers

References

2001 albums Renaissance (band) albums EMI Records albums {{2000s-progressive-rock-album-stub