| Kites | ||||
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Genre | Experimental rock, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 36:27 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Jon Field, Tony Duhig | |||
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Kites is the sixth studio album by British progressive/experimental rock band Jade Warrior released in 1976 by Island Records. Kites, more layered and complex than Waves, the duo's previous outing, took nine months to record. [1]
Kites presented the band "at their most musically abstract and progressive", [2] featuring a larger number of guest musicians than any previous album. Each side here is a long concept piece: side A – Jon Field's side (partly inspired by abstract artist Paul Klee's painting "The Kingdom of the Air", otherwise meaning to convey the sounds of a kite drifting through skies), [1] on side B, driven by Tony Duhig, the wandering Zen boat monk Teh Ch'eng in 9th century China provided a conceptual focus. [3]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Casey Elston of AllMusic described the result as "dense and dramatic" and a "rare example of intense ambient sound". [1]
All tracks are written by Tony Duhig and Jon Field
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Songs of the Forest" | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Wind Song" | 4:05 |
| 3. | "The Emperor" | 1:58 |
| 4. | "Wind Borne" | 6:52 |
| 5. | "Kite Song" | 3:04 |
| 6. | "Land of the Warrior" | 3:29 |
| 7. | "Quietly by the River Bank" | 3:20 |
| 8. | "Arrival of the Emperor: What Does the Venerable Sir Do?" | 1:06 |
| 9. | "Teh Ch'eng: Do You Understand This?" | 2:32 |
| 10. | "Arrival of Chia Shan: Disclosure and Liberation" | 4:10 |
| 11. | "Towards the Mountains" | 2:03 |
| 12. | "The Last Question" | 0:36 |
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