Pipedream (Alan Hull album)

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Pipedream
Pipedream f.jpg
Studio album by
Released1973
Genre Folk rock, Folk
Length40:21
Label Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charisma
Flag of the United States.svg Elektra
Producer Mickey Sweeney, Alan Hull
Alan Hull chronology
Pipedream
(1973)
Squire
(1974)

Pipedream is the first solo album from Lindisfarne singer Alan Hull. The album reached No. 29 in the UK, while also charting in Australia.

Contents

Cover artwork

The cover artwork is based on a painting "The Philosopher's Pipe" by René Magritte. [1]

Music

"Blue Murder" has been compared to Neil Young's 1969 song "Down by the River". [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Alan Hull. [3] [4]

  1. "Breakfast" - 3:29
  2. "Justanothersadsong" - 2:52
  3. "Money Game" - 2:41
  4. "STD 0632" - 3:06
  5. "United States of Mind" - 3:04
  6. "Country Gentleman's Wife" - 3:36
  7. "Numbers (Travelling Band)" - 3:48
  8. "For The Bairns" - 2:25
  9. "Drug Song" - 3:07
  10. "Song for a Windmill" 2:44
  11. "Blue Murder" - 5:07
  12. "I Hate To See You Cry" 3:22

Charts

Chart (1973)Peak
position
UK Albums Chart (Official Charts Company) [5] 29
Australian (Kent Music Report) [6] 51

Personnel

Technical

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References

  1. Rene Magritte - Culture
  2. Clarke, Steve (7 July 1973). "Pipedream - a review". NME. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  3. BBC - Music - Review of Alan Hull's Pipedream
  4. allmusic : Pipedream
  5. Chart Stats - Alan Hull - Pipe Dream
  6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 143. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.