Back to Front (Caravan album)

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Back to Front
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1982
RecordedNovember 1981–January 1982
StudioOak Studios, Herne Bay, Kent
Genre Progressive rock, Canterbury scene
Length42:53
Label Kingdom
Producer Caravan
Caravan chronology
The Album
(1980)
Back to Front
(1982)
BBC Radio 1
(1991)
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Back to Front is the tenth album by English progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1982. Back to Front featured the original lineup of Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Richard Sinclair and David Sinclair after 1971's In the Land of Grey and Pink and is the last studio album to feature that lineup.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Back to Herne Bay Front" Richard Sinclair 5:55
2."Bet You Wanna Take It All / Hold On, Hold On" Pye Hastings 5:20
3."A.A. Man"Richard Sinclair5:02
4."Videos of Hollywood"John Murphy, Dave Sinclair 5:11
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sally Don't Change It"Dave Sinclair4:06
2."All Aboard"Hastings4:08
3."Taken My Breath Away"Hastings4:52
4."Proper Job / Back to Front"Dave Sinclair8:19

Personnel

Caravan
Additional personnel

Release information

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References

  1. Kurtz, Peter. "Back to Front - Caravan | AllMusic". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 23 June 2011.