Moroccan Roll

Moroccan Roll (1977) is the second studio album by British jazz fusion group Brand X. The title is a pun referring to this being their second album: "more rock and roll", however, Moroccan Roll is not a step toward the rock & roll side of the fusion equation, but rather an experiment with Eastern sounds and softer textures.[2] The album is mostly instrumental. "Sun in the Night" notably contains vocals sung by Phil Collins in Sanskrit. "Disco Suicide" and "Maybe I'll Lend You Mine After All" also contain vocals, although they are wordless.

Moroccan Roll
Studio album by Brand X
Released	April 1977
Recorded	December 1976–January 1977
Studio	Trident Studios, London
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	49:30
Label	Charisma (UK) Passport (USA)
Producer	Dennis MacKay
Brand X chronology
Unorthodox Behaviour (1976) Moroccan Roll (1977) Livestock (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Sun in the Night" (Goodsall) – 4:25
2. "Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You've Broken Yours Off Already)..." (Collins) – 11:16
3. "...Maybe I'll Lend You Mine after All" (Collins) – 2:10
4. "Hate Zone" (Goodsall) – 4:41
5. "Collapsar" (Lumley) – 1:33

Side two

1. "Disco Suicide" (Lumley) – 7:55
2. "Orbits" (Jones) – 1:38
3. "Malaga Virgen" (Jones) – 8:28
4. "Macrocosm" (Goodsall) – 7:24

Personnel

Based on the album credits of original vinyl release.

• John Goodsall – guitar, sitar on "Sun in the Night", echo
• Robin Lumley – keyboards, piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Moog synthesizer, Clavinet, vocals
• Percy Jones – bass, autoharp (7), marimba (8)
• Phil Collins – drums, lead vocals on "Sun in the Night", piano
• Morris Pert – percussion and a vast number of bits and things that he hit while the tape was running, including: The QE2, Idi Amin, and undiscovered parts of Scotland

Production

• Produced by Dennis MacKay
• Engineered and mixed by 'Perdurabo' Stephen W. Tayler
• Tape op: Chris Tsangarides
• Mastered by Ray Staff
• Album artwork by Hipgnosis

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1977	UK Album Chart	37[3]

References

1. Connolly, Dave. "Moroccan Roll - Brand X | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
2. http://aolradio.slacker.com/?aolid=
3. "The Official Charts Company - Brand X - Moroccan Roll". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-01-09.

External links

• "Brand X (3) - Moroccan Roll at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-01-09.