''Waterfall'' is the fourth album released for the American market by the

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'', containing two tracks, "Paint Your Pictures" and "Cast No Shadows", in substitution of "You in Your Small Corner" and "Svenska Soma", which had been released on ''IF 4''. The original recording line-up was modified to include two new members, Cliff Davies and

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, who filled the drum and bass chairs in substitution of

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and Jim Richardson, respectively. The album was recorded in London at Command Studios in February and at

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in July 1972.

Track listing

# "Waterfall" (D. Morrissey, B. Morrissey) – 5:42 # "The Light Still Shines" (Quincy, Humphrey) – 5:06 # "Sector 17" (Quincy) – 8:00 # "Paint Your Pictures" (D. Morrissey, B. Morrissey) – 5:18 # "Cast No Shadows" (Davies) – 7:30 # "Throw Myself to the Wind" (D. Morrissey, B. Morrissey) – 4:42 Bonus tracks on CD release from 2003: # "You in Your Small Corner" (Humphries, Quincy) – 3:28 # "Waterfall" (Morrissey, Morrissey) – 4:02 # "Waterfall" (Morrissey, Morrissey) – 4:00

Personnel

* Cliff Davies – drums *

– drums * J.W. Hodgkinson – vocals,

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, organ *

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– saxophones * Jim Richardson – bass * Terry Smith –

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& acoustic guitar, bass, vocals

References

{{Authority control 1973 albums If (band) albums Island Records albums Albums recorded at Morgan Sound Studios