| Thousands on a Raft | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 1970 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Harvest | |||
| Producer | Pete Brown | |||
| Pete Brown and Piblokto! chronology | ||||
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Thousands on a Raft is the second album by Pete Brown and Piblokto!, released in 1970 on Harvest Records. [1]
The album was the second one on which Brown and guitarist Jim Mullen collaborated. [1] The album was the first to be released in the US in January 1972 on Blue Horizon. [2]
The album cover shows a model of the Mauretania and Concorde sinking into water alongside beans on toast. [1]
All tracks are written by Pete Brown and Jim Mullen, except where indicated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aeroplane Head Woman" | 6:44 | |
| 2. | "Station Song Platform Two" | 3:43 | |
| 3. | "Highland Song" | Mullen | 17:04 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4. | "If They Could Only See Me Now, Parts 1–2" | Mullen | 12:07 |
| 5. | "Got a Letter from a Computer" | 5:51 | |
| 6. | "Thousands on a Raft" | 7:07 |
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