Down to Earth (Nektar album)

Down to Earth is the fifth album from English progressive rock band Nektar. A snippet of the song "Show Me the Way" was featured in an episode from the first season of the sitcom The Jeffersons.

Down to Earth
Studio album by Nektar
Released	October 1974
Recorded	March – June 1974
Studio	Chipping Norton Studio, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	37:13
Label	Bacillus
Producer	Peter Hauke, Nektar
Nektar chronology
Sunday Night at London Roundhouse (1974) Down to Earth (1974) Recycled (1975)

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Track listing

All tracks are written by Nektar.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Astral Man"	3:15
2.	"Nelly the Elephant"	4:57
3.	"Early Morning Clown"	3:22
4.	"That's Life"	6:52

Side two

No.	Title	Length
5.	"Fidgety Queen"	4:05
6.	"Oh Willy"	4:02
7.	"Little Boy"	3:04
8.	"Show Me the Way"	5:55
9.	"Finale"	1:41

Personnel

• Roye Albrighton - guitar, lead vocals
• Mick Brockett - lights
• Allan "Taff" Freeman - keyboards, backing vocals
• Ron Howden - drums, percussion
• Derek "Mo" Moore - bass, backing vocals

Guests:

• P. P. Arnold - backing vocals
• Phil Brown - bass tuba
• Robert Calvert - ringmaster
• Ron Carthy - 2nd trumpet
• Kenneth Cole - backing vocals
• Steve Gregory - tenor saxophone
• Butch Hudson - 1st trumpet
• Chris Mercer - baritone & tenor saxophones
• Chris Pyne - trombone
• Stephen Wick - tuba
• Dieter Dierks - special effects
• Chipping Norton Mandies - choir (2–9)

Production

• Produced By Peter Hauke & Nektar
• Recorded & Engineered By Barry Hammond

Charts

Chart (1974–75)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[1]	93
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[2]	37
US Billboard 200[3]	32