Nomadness

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Nomadness
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1975 (1975-11)
RecordedJune – July 1975
Genre Rock
Length40:27
Label A&M, (UK)
Producer Tom Allom
Strawbs chronology
Ghosts
(1975)
Nomadness
(1975)
Deep Cuts
(1976)
Professional ratings
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Nomadness is the ninth studio album by English band Strawbs. It was their last album recorded for A&M Records and their first with no full-time keyboard player since 1970's Dragonfly. Indeed, Strawbs would not feature a full-time keyboard player until 1978 when Andy Richards joined the band. All the tracks are timed at less than five minutes giving the album a lighter, less 'epic' feel in contrast to the previous three studio albums. Rick Wakeman came back to help on electric harpsichord on one song.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "To Be Free" (Dave Cousins) – 4:17
  2. "Little Sleepy" (Dave Lambert) – 4:10
  3. "The Golden Salamander" (Cousins) – 4:57
  4. "Absent Friend (How I Need You)" (Cousins) – 4:42
  5. "Back on the Farm" (Cousins) – 2:42

Side two

  1. "So Shall Our Love Die?" (Cousins) – 3:39
  2. "Tokyo Rosie" (Cousins) – 2:48
  3. "A Mind of My Own" (Rod Coombes) – 4:33
  4. "Hanging in the Gallery" (Cousins) – 4:32
  5. "The Promised Land" (Chas Cronk) – 4:07

Bonus tracks - 2008 reissue CD

  1. "Still Small Voice" (Cousins) – 2:27
  2. "It's Good to See the Sun" (Cousins) – 4:05

Personnel

Strawbs

Additional Personnel

Recording

Recorded at Sound Techniques, London

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogComment
United Kingdom 1975 A&M stereo LP AMLH 68331
United States 1975A&Mstereo LPSP 4544
September 2008A&M CD 53028222 bonus tracks

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References

Notes

  1. Nomadness at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-20.