Heartbreak Hill is a studio album

Album

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 by English

England

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 band Strawbs. The album was recorded in 1978 but, due to record deal and management difficulties, was not released until 1995. The recording schedule conflicted with guitarist Dave Lambert

Dave Lambert (British musician)

Dave Lambert is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who was a member of The Strawbs in the 1970s.-Career:...

's plans to record a solo album, so session musicians Jo Partridge and Miller Anderson were recruited to supply electric guitar.

The album was the first to feature keyboardist Andy Richards as part of the band line-up.

Track listing

1. "Something for Nothing" (Dave Cousins
   Dave Cousins
   Dave Cousins has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967.-Career:...
   
   , Chas Cronk
   Chas Cronk
   -Strawbs:*Hero and Heroine *Ghosts *Nomadness *Deep Cuts *Burning for You *Deadlines *Heartbreak Hill *Blue Angel *Déjà Fou *Strawbs Live at Nearfest 2004...
   
   ) – 7:23
2. "Another Day Without You" (Cousins) – 2:57
3. "We Can Make it Together" (Cousins, Cronk) – 4:18
4. "Heartbreak Hill" (Cousins, Cronk) – 7:31
5. "Starting Over" (Cousins, Andy Richards) – 10:48
6. "Two Separate People" (Cousins, Cronk, Richards, Tony Fernandez) – 2:55
7. "Desert Song" (Cousins) – 4:19
8. "Let it Rain" (Cousins, Cronk, Richards) – 4:04

Bonus track

The Platinum CD edition of the album includes the track

1. "Something for Nothing (The Whiplash Mix)" (Cousins, Cronk) – 7:23

Personnel

• Dave Cousins
  Dave Cousins
  Dave Cousins has been the leader, singer and most active songwriter of Strawbs since 1967.-Career:...
  
   – lead vocals, backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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  , acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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• Chas Cronk
  Chas Cronk
  -Strawbs:*Hero and Heroine *Ghosts *Nomadness *Deep Cuts *Burning for You *Deadlines *Heartbreak Hill *Blue Angel *Déjà Fou *Strawbs Live at Nearfest 2004...
  
   – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Andy Richards – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Tony Fernandez – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Jo Partridge – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , mandolin
  Mandolin
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  , vocals

with

• Dave Lambert
  Dave Lambert (British musician)
  Dave Lambert is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who was a member of The Strawbs in the 1970s.-Career:...
  
   – guitar on track 1
• Miller Anderson – guitar on track 3, vocals on tracks 3 and 8

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...		Road Goes on Forever	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...	RGF/WC CD024
United Kingdom		Witchwood Media	CD	WMCD 2033