Dancing to the Devil's Beat

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Dancing to the Devil's Beat
Strawbs dancing to the devils beat.jpg
Studio album by
Released18 August 2009
RecordedApril 2009 – May 2009
Genre Progressive rock
Length45:19
Label Witchwood Media
Producer Chris Tsangarides
Strawbs chronology
The Broken Hearted Bride
(2008)
Dancing to the Devil's Beat
(2009)
The Ferryman's Curse
(2017)
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Dancing to the Devil's Beat is a studio album by English band Strawbs.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Revenge (Can Be So Sweet)" (Dave Cousins, Chas Cronk)– 5:18
  2. "Beneath the Angry Sky" (Cousins, Cronk) – 4:29
  3. "Copenhagen" (Cousins, Cronk) – 4:46
  4. "Pro Patria Suite" – 7:44
    "Back Along (We Were Young) (Cousins)"
    "All for Each Other (Cousins)"
    "Home Is Where the Heart Was Ever" (Cousins, Oliver Wakeman)
  5. "Where Silent Shadows Fall" (Cousins) – 5:45
  6. "The Man Who Would Never Leave Grimsby" (Dave Lambert) – 5:01
  7. "The Ballad of Jay and Rose Mary" (Cousins) – 4:17
  8. "Dancing to the Devil's Beat" (Cousins) - 3:38
  9. "Oh How She Changed 2009" (Cousins) – 4:21

Personnel

Additional personnel

and the congregation of St. Christopher-at-Cliffe

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogComments
United Kingdom 2009Witchwood Media compact disc WMCD 2045

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References

  1. Unterberger, Richie. "Dancing to the Devil's Beat - The Strawbs | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 October 2011.