Curved Air – Live

Live
Live album by Curved Air
Released 1975
Recorded Cardiff University and Bristol Polytechnic, December 1974
Genre Progressive rock
Length 47:07
Label BTM Records Ltd.
Producer David Hitchcock for BTM Records
Curved Air chronology
Air Cut
(1973)
Curved Air – Live
(1975)
Midnight Wire
(1975)

Curved Air – Live was the first official live album by the British progressive rock band Curved Air. It was recorded on the band's reunion tour in December 1974 and released in 1975.[1] Though it failed to enter the charts, it made enough profit to pay off the tax bill which had compelled Curved Air to reunite, allowing Monkman and Pilkington-Miksa to again leave the group.[2]

Background

Sonja Kristina's vocals on the album are atypical of her 1970s performances, both live and in the studio. By her own account, she was in a distraught emotional state following the breakup of her first marriage, and this provoked more wild and raw on-stage singing.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Allmusic wrote that "Kristina herself is possibly in her best voice ever, while the instrumentation rides roughshod over the... belief that Curved Air were at their best in the studio", offering high praise to nearly all of the individual cuts while criticizing none of them.[1]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "It Happened Today"   5:25
2. "Marie Antoinette"   6:45
3. "Back Street Luv"   3:43
4. "Propositions"   7:42
5. "Young Mother"   8:56
6. "Vivaldi"   9:00
7. "Everdance"   5:36

Personnel

Recording details

References

  1. 1 2 3 Thompson, Dave. Curved Air – Live at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  2. Sutcliffe, Phil & Fielder, Hugh (1981). L'Historia Bandido. London and New York: Proteus Books. ISBN 0-906071-66-6. p. 16.
  3. "Cherry Red TV interview". Cherry Red Records. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
  4. 1 2 3 "allmusic ((( Live > Credits )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-05-03.

External links

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