The Battle of Hastings (album)

This article is about the album by Caravan. For other uses, see Battle of Hastings (disambiguation).

The Battle of Hastings is the twelfth album by the British Canterbury scene progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1995.

The Battle of Hastings
Studio album by Caravan
Released	28 September 1995
Recorded	April – May 1995
Genre	Progressive rock, Canterbury scene, hard rock
Length	52:21
Label	Castle
Producer	Julian Gordon-Hastings
Caravan chronology
The Best of Caravan – Canterbury Tales (1994) The Battle of Hastings (1995) Travelling Man (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Track listing

1. "It's a Sad, Sad Affair" (Pye Hastings) – 3:23
2. "Somewhere in Your Heart" (Hastings) – 5:42
3. "Cold as Ice" (Hastings) – 4:09
4. "Liar" (Hastings) – 6:07
5. "Don't Want Love" (Pye Hastings, Jimmy Hastings) – 6:48
6. "Travelling Ways" (Dave Sinclair) – 3:51
7. "This Time" (Hastings) – 5:19
8. "If It Wasn't for Your Ego" (Hastings) – 3:36
9. "It's Not Real" (Hastings) – 5:29
10. "Wendy Wants Another 6" Mole" (Hastings) – 2:25
11. "I Know Why You're Laughing" (Hastings) – 5:32

Personnel

Caravan

• Pye Hastings – lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, Leslie guitar, harmony vocals
• Geoff Richardson – viola, violin, clarinet, acoustic & electric guitar, mandolin, tambourine, wind, kalimba, shaker, amplifiers, harmony vocals
• Dave Sinclair – keyboards, harmony vocals
• Jim Leverton – bass guitar, harmony vocals; lead vocals on "Travelling Ways"
• Richard Coughlan – drums

Additional personnel

• Jimmy Hastings – flute, piccolo flute, alto flute, bass flute, clarinet, soprano sax, tenor sax

Releases information

• 1999: Castle 520
• 1996: CD HTD 41
• 2002: CD Castle 72042
• 1995: CD Castle 41

External links

• Calyx, The Canterbury Website
• Caravan - The Battle of Hastings (1995) album review by Bruce Eder, credits & releases at AllMusic.com
• Caravan - The Battle of Hastings (1995) album releases & credits at Discogs.com
• Caravan - The Battle of Hastings (1995) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com
• Caravan - The Battle of Hastings (1995) album to be listened as stream at Play.Spotify.com