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Harmony Row is the third studio album by Scottish musician Jack Bruce, originally released in July 1971.
Harmony Row | ||||
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Released | July 1971 | |||
Recorded | January 1971 (except track #13 October 1969) | |||
Studio | Command Studios, London (except track #13 Morgan Studios, London) | |||
Genre | Progressive rock, jazz-rock, blues-rock | |||
Length | 42:39 (initial release), 57:01 (2003 reissue) | |||
Label | Atco (initial US release, SD 33-365) Polydor (initial UK release, 2310 107; 2003 reissue, 065 605-2) | |||
Producer | Jack Bruce | |||
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The Village Voice | C+[3] |
The album takes its title from a tenement street in Glasgow, near where Bruce grew up.[4] The street, since demolished, was famous as the largest unbroken houserow in Europe, stretching for over a mile.[5] The album's cover photo was taken near the Harmony Row tenement[4] in Govan.
Although since cited by Bruce as his favourite solo album,[6] Harmony Row did not chart upon its release. The album would be his last solo effort for over three years, as Bruce would join the power trio West, Bruce and Laing (with whom he would record three albums) in early 1972. The song "The Consul at Sunset", which was inspired by the Malcolm Lowry novel Under the Volcano, was released as a single in 1971 (Polydor 2058–153, b/w "A Letter of Thanks").
On its release, Tony Palmer wrote in the London Observer:
The musicality is polished and exact. The spontaneity of the performance suffers a little, but that is a small price to pay for the skill of the recording. The music flows precisely out of the nuances of the words; their meanings inexplicably linked with the kind of sound produced. It’s almost impossible to imagine the songs being performed in any other way by any other group of musicians.[7]
All lyrics composed by Peter Brown, music composed by Jack Bruce.
Track No. 15 recorded at Morgan Studios, London, 6 October 1969.
All other tracks recorded at Command Studios, London, mid- to late January 1971.
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