Landscape (Landscape album)

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Landscape
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Studio album by
Released1979
RecordedMid 1979
StudioUtopia Studios, Primrose Hill; The Manor; Audio International Studios, London W1
Genre Jazz rock [1]
Length35:43
Label RCA
Producer Greg Walsh
Landscape chronology
Landscape
(1979)
From the Tea-rooms of Mars ....
(1981)
Singles from Landscape
  1. "Japan"
    Released: 1979
  2. "Sonja Henie"
    Released: 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Landscape is the first album by the band Landscape, released in 1979. It contains ten instrumental tracks with a jazz-funk influence.

Contents

The album was reissued in 1992 on the Mau Mau Records label. This CD also includes Landscape's second album From the Tea-rooms of Mars .... . The album was reissued again in November 2009 on the Cherry Pop label. This CD also includes Landscape's final album, Manhattan Boogie-Woogie . [3]

Track listing

LP: RCA PL 25248

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Japan" Richard James Burgess, John Walters, Christopher Heaton, Landscape3:22
2."Lost in the Small Ads" John Walters, Landscape4:16
3."The Mechanical Bride" John Walters, Landscape3:24
4."Neddy Sindrum"Burgess, Heaton, Landscape3:42
5."Kaptin Whorlix" Andy Pask, Landscape3:50
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sonja Henie"Heaton, John Walters, Burgess, Landscape3:31
2."Many's the Time"Peter Thoms, Landscape3:23
3."Highly Suspicious"Heaton, Burgess, Landscape3:38
4."Gotham City"Landscape3:38
5."Wandsworth Plain" John Walters, Landscape2:59

1992 Mau Mau Records CD: MAU CD 618

2009 Cherry Pop CD: CR POP 36

Personnel

Landscape

Production

Audio excerpts

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References

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  3. "Landscape + Manhattan Boogie-Woogie". Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2012.