Stewart, Al
Orange
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Stewart, Al

Orange
1972 UK original pressing with CBS Records company inner sleeve. Jacket strong EX/NM-. "This is a transitional Al Stewart album. After stretching the boundaries of song length and language with Love Chronicles, he was in a something of a holding pattern on Orange, without any obviously profound inspiration or moments of daring. "Songs Out of Clay," however, does reveal the first signs of the mix of acoustic and electric guitar sounds that he would perfect on his next album, Past, Present and Future, two years later, while "The Fourth of May," a six-minute personal story-song, gets something of the beat and the sound that Stewart would refine in achieving his subsequent success -- he just needed subject matter other than busted relationships. Orange also introduced Tim Renwick, whose lead guitar would become central to the sound on Stewart's subsequent albums. His singing, however, is still of a rather mournful and even monotonous nature, except on those two songs; he hadn't yet found sufficient variety in his tone and delivery, and even the presence of Rick Wakeman's elegant, classically based, arpeggio-laden piano accompaniments couldn't rescue most of these songs. There's also a pretty cool cover of Bob Dylan's "I Don't Believe You," cut as a warm-up for the rest of the album." All Music Guide - Bruce Eder.

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  • Artist: Stewart, Al
  • Genre: Rock
  • Type: Used Import
  • Label: CBS
  • Catalog ID: 64730
  • Condition:
    Vinyl:
    Near Mint (NM or M-)
    Sleeve:
    Very Good Plus (VG+)
  • Country ID: UK
  • SKU: 182494

Track List

A1 You Don't Even Know Me
A2 Amsterdam
A3 Songs Out Of Clay
A4 The News From Spain
B1 I Don't Believe You
B2 Once An Orange, Always An Orange
B3 I'm Falling
B4 Night Of The 4th Of May