Attic Thoughts is a 1975 instrumental progressive rock album by Swedish musician Bo Hansson.[2]
| Attic Thoughts | ||||
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| Released | April 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1974–1975 | |||
| Studio | Bo Hansson's home and Studio Decibel, Stockholm | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 37:07 | |||
| Label | Charisma | |||
| Producer | Anders Lind, Bo Hansson | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Recording and release
editThe album was recorded during 1974 and 1975 at Studio Decibel in Stockholm, and at Hansson's home, which had virtually become a studio by this point in his career.[3][4] The album featured contributions from many of the same session musicians and friends that had played on Hansson's previous album, Magician's Hat.[4] In addition to featuring Hansson's usual blend of other-worldly progressive rock and fairy tale-like ambiance, Attic Thoughts includes a suite named "Rabbit Music", which was inspired by Richard Adams' novel Watership Down, a subject which Hansson would explore further on his 1977 album Music Inspired by Watership Down.[5]
In Hansson's native Sweden, Attic Thoughts was released with the Swedish title of Mellanväsen.[6] It was released with its English title in April 1975 by Charisma Records,[2][7] but was less commercially successful than Hansson's preceding solo albums and failed to reach the charts in the UK or the United States.[5][8][9]
Track listing
editAll tracks composed by Bo Hansson except where indicated.
Side 1
edit- "Attic Thoughts: a) March b) Repose c) Wandering" – 5:33
- "Time and Space" – 1:39
- "Waiting..." (Bo Hansson, Kenny Håkansson) – 7:34
- "Waltz for Interbeings" – 3:26
Side 2
edit- "Time for Great Achievements" – 3:11
- "The Hybrills" – 1:24
- "Rabbit Music: a) General Woundwort b) Fiver" – 6:30
- "Day and Night" – 4:33
- "A Happy Prank" – 3:17
2004 CD reissue bonus track
edit- "The Crystal Suite: a) Crystals b) Memories of Darkness c) Light Again" – 6:21
Personnel
edit- Bo Hansson – organs, guitars, bass guitar, synthesizer, mellotron, special effects
- Rune Carlsson – drums
- Kenny Håkansson – electric guitar
- Jöran Lagerberg – bass guitar, acoustic guitar
- Gunnar Bergsten – saxophone
- Rolf Scherrer – acoustic guitar
- Tomas Netzler – bass guitar
- Mats Glenngård – violin
- Anders Oredsson – mixing on "Waiting..."
- Jan Ternald – cover painting
- Barry Lester and Company – artwork
Releases
edit- CD Attic Thoughts One Way Records 1996
- CD Attic Thoughts EMI Music Distribution 2004
- CD Attic Thoughts Virgin 2004
- CD Attic Thoughts [Bonus Track] EMI Music Distribution 2005
References
edit- ^ Bruce Eder. "Attic Thoughts – Bo Hansson". AllMusic.
- ^ a b Smith, Bradley. (1998). The Billboard Guide to Progressive Music. Billboard Books. pp. 97–98. ISBN 0-8230-7665-2.
- ^ "Attic Thoughts production credits". Silence Records. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- ^ a b "Bo Hansson: A Brief History". Dutch Progressive Rock Page. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- ^ a b "Bo Hansson – Attic Thoughts album review". Dutch Progressive Rock Page. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- ^ "Mellnväsen production credits". Silence Records. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
- ^ Snider, Charles. (2008). The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock. Strawberry Bricks. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-615-17566-9.
- ^ Brown, Tony. (2000). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 377. ISBN 0-7119-7670-8.
- ^ "Bo Hansson Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-12.