Hummingbird (Rick Wakeman and Dave Cousins album)
Hummingbird is a studio album by Rick Wakeman and Dave Cousins. The songs are a mixture of jointly-composed originals, reworkings of songs from Strawbs albums and Dave Cousins' solo album Two Weeks Last Summer, together with Wakeman instrumental compositions presented as codas to the Cousins songs.
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| Released | 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | folk rock, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 43:35 | |||
| Label | Witchwood Media | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
The album cover is painted by Wakeman's girlfriend, Italian artist Alina Bencini.
Track listing
- "The Young Pretender" (Dave Cousins, Rick Wakeman) – 5:50
- "Hummingbird" (Cousins, Wakeman) – 3:41
- "So Shall Our Love Die" (Cousins) – 3:36
- "Steppes" (Wakeman) – 1:23
- "October to May" (Cousins) – 3:26
- "Ice Maiden" (Wakeman) – 0:42
- "Higher Germanie" (Traditional) – 4:35
- "Stone Cold is the Woman's Heart" (Cousins) – 4:32
- "Crie du Coeur" (Wakeman) – 1:26
- "All in Vain" (Cousins, Wakeman) – 3:50
- "Can You Believe" (Cousins, Craig Leon, Cassell Webb) – 4:44
- "Via Bencini" (Wakeman) – 2:12
- "Forever Ocean Blue" (Cousins) – 3:38
Personnel
- Rick Wakeman – keyboards
- Dave Cousins – vocals, acoustic guitar, dulcimer, banjo
- Ric Sanders – violin
- Mac McGann – tipple
- Chas Cronk – bass guitar
- Tony Fernandez – drums
Recording
Hummingbird was recorded at Music Fusion Studios, Wembley.
Stuart Sawney (Recording & Mixing) Erik Jordan (Mixing) Roger Wake (Mastering)
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| Worldwide | 2002 | Witchwood | CD | WMCD2007 |
References
- James, Jimmy (2011). "Hummingbird - Rick Wakeman | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- Liner notes to CD WMCD 2007 Hummingbird
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