Rites of Passage (Roger Hodgson album)

Rites of Passage
Live album by Roger Hodgson
Released	1997
Recorded	2 August 1996, Miners Foundry, Nevada City, California
Genre	Progressive rock[1]
Length	60:28
Label	Unichord / Voiceprint
Producer	Karuna Hodgson
Roger Hodgson chronology
Hai Hai (1987) Rites of Passage (1997) Open the Door (2000)

Rites of Passage is the third album by Roger Hodgson, recorded in 1996 near Hodgson's home in Nevada City, California and his first live album. It was the last gig of several Californian dates in the summer of 1996.^[2]

The album features three Supertramp hits, six songs by Hodgson (five previously unrecorded), two songs written and performed as lead vocalist by Mikail Graham and one song written and performed as lead vocalist by Hodgson's son Andrew.

The cover features the painting The Accolade (1901) by Edmund Blair Leighton.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Every Trick in the Book"	Roger Hodgson	5:54
2.	"In Jeopardy"	R. Hodgson	5:13
3.	"Showdown"	R. Hodgson	4:45
4.	"Don't You Want to Get High"	R. Hodgson	4:07
5.	"Take the Long Way Home"	R. Hodgson, Rick Davies	4:28
6.	"Red Lake"	R. Hodgson	5:14
7.	"Melancholic"	Andrew Hodgson	4:31
8.	"Time Waits for No One"	R. Hodgson	9:07
9.	"No Colours"	Mikail Graham	4:24
10.	"The Logical Song"	R. Hodgson, Davies	3:47
11.	"Smelly Feat"	Graham	6:02
12.	"Give a Little Bit"	R. Hodgson, Davies	4:17

Personnel

musicians

• Roger Hodgson – lead vocals (1–6, 8, 10, 12), guitar (9, 11), piano (2, 3, 5, 10), twelve-string guitar (1, 4, 6, 8, 12)
• Andrew Hodgson – drums (1–6, 9–12), lead vocals (7), piano (7), percussion (8), didgeridoo (8), harmonica (9)
• John Helliwell – saxophone (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10–12), percussion (3), backing vocals (2–6, 10)
• Mikail Graham – guitar (1–4, 6, 8–12), lead vocals (9, 11), backing vocals (1–6, 10, 12), keyboards (5), percussion (5)
• Rich Stanmyre – bass (1–6, 8–12), backing vocals (1–6, 11, 12)
• Jeff Daniel – keyboards (1–6, 8–10, 12), Hammond organ (1–6, 10, 11, 12), percussion (3, 6, 8–11), backing vocals (1–6, 10, 12)
• Terry Riley – tambura (8), backing vocals (8)
• Josh Newman – cello (7)
• Ian "Biggles" Lloyd-Bisley – noises (1)

technicians

• Biff Dawes – live recording engineer
• Harry Andronis – live sound engineer
• Tony Shepherd – lighting direction, video direction
• Joe Gastwirt – mastering
• Ramón Bretón – mastering assistant
• Brian Foraker – mixing engineer
• Karuna Hodgson – production
• Ian "Biggles" Lloyd-Bisley – stage production manager

art work

• Daniel Clark – art direction, design
• Cole Thompson – photography
• Sunja Park – typography, layout
• Karuna Hodgson – liner notes

Production details

• mixed at Unicorn Studio
• recorded on the Westwood One mobile recording truck, 2 August 1996, Miners Foundry, Nevada City, California
• live sound by Delicate Productions
• mastered at Oceanview Digital Mastering

References

1. Allmusic
2. "www.johnhelliwell.com". Retrieved 11 June 2011.

• "Roger Hodgson - Rites Of Passage (CD, Album)". Discogs. Retrieved 11 June 2011.