Recycled (Nektar album)

Recycled is the sixth album from English progressive rock band Nektar. It is a concept album addressing the band member's concerns about the environment. The songs on side one tell the tale of a nightmarish future in which only "recycled energy" remains, while the songs on side two revolve around more present-day concerns about tourism despoiling untouched wilderness.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Allmusic gave the album a mixed retrospective review. They criticized the album as lacking the instrumental prowess, enthusiasm, and band cohesion that the players had shown on Nektar's previous albums. However, they acknowledged that "What does hold strong is Nektar's ability to conjure up a science-fiction atmosphere through the unorthodox application of percussion, guitar, and keyboards."^[1]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Recycle"	2:47
2.	"Cybernetic Consumption"	2:32
3.	"Recycle Countdown"	1:51
4.	"Automaton Horrorscope"	3:08
5.	"Recycling"	1:46
6.	"Flight to Reality"	1:18
7.	"Unendless Imagination?"	4:36

Side two
No.	Title	Length
8.	"São Paulo Sunrise"	3:05
9.	"Costa del Sol"	4:04
10.	"Marvellous Moses"	6:37
11.	"It's All Over"	5:11

Credits

Roye Albrighton - lead vocals, guitars
Mick Brockett - visual environment
Alan "Taff" Freeman - keyboards, backing vocals
Ron Howden - drums, percussion
Derek "Mo" Moore - bass, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Larry Fast - orchestral Moog arrangements & playing
The English Chorale conducted by Robert Howes, arranged by Christian Kolonovits

References

1 2 Recycled (Nektar album) at AllMusic

External links

Recycled at TheNektarProject.com

Nektar

Roye Albrighton Ron Howden Klaus Henatsch Peter Pichl Derek "Mo" Moore Allan "Taff" Freeman Mick Brockett Keith Walters Larry Fast Dave Nelson Carmine Rojas Dave Prater Randy Dembo Tom Hughes

Studio albums	Journey to the Centre of the Eye A Tab in the Ocean ...Sounds Like This Remember the Future Down to Earth Recycled Magic Is a Child Man in the Moon The Prodigal Son Evolution Book of Days Time Machine

Live albums	Sunday Night at London Roundhouse Live in New York More Live Nektar in New York Unidentified Flying Abstract - Live At Chipping Norton 1974 Nearfest 2002 (Studio M Recording) Greatest Hits Live 2004 Tour Live Door To The Future Fortyfied

Compilations	Nektar Thru the Ears Highlights - The Best of Nektar The Dream Nebula: The Best of 1971-1975

Videos	Live Pure: Live in Germany 2005

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