Moroccan Roll
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Moroccan Roll is the second studio album by Brand X
. The title is a pun referring to this being their second album: "more rock and roll
". The album is mostly instrumental; only "Sun in the Night" is sung by Phil Collins.
Brand X
Brand X was a jazz fusion band active between 1975–1980 and 1992-1999. Noted members included Phil Collins , Percy Jones , John Goodsall and Robin Lumley ....
. The title is a pun referring to this being their second album: "more rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
". The album is mostly instrumental; only "Sun in the Night" is sung by Phil Collins.
Side one
- "Sun in the Night" (Goodsall) – 4:25
- "Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You've Broken Yours Off Already)..." (Collins) – 11:16
- "...Maybe I'll Lend You Mine after All" (Collins) – 2:10
- "Hate Zone" (Goodsall) – 4:41
- "Collapsar" (Lumley) – 1:33
Side two
- "Disco Suicide" (Lumley) – 7:55
- "Orbits" (Jones) – 1:38
- "Malaga Virgen" (Jones) – 8:28
- "Macrocosm" (Goodsall) – 7:24
Personnel
- John GoodsallJohn GoodsallJohn Goodsall is a progressive rock & jazz fusion guitarist most noted for his work with Brand X, Atomic Rooster and Fire Merchants.Goodsall was born in Pennsylvania and has lived in Los Angeles, England, Milan and Minnesota. He began playing guitar at age 7...
– guitar, bass, vocals, sitar, echo - Percy JonesPercy Jones (musician)Percy Jones is a Welsh bass guitarist, and was a member of jazz fusion band Brand X, from 1974 to 1980, and a reformed version which lasted from 1992 to 1997...
– bass, autoharp, harp, marimba - Robin LumleyRobin LumleyRobin Lumley is a British jazz-fusion musician.He is a cousin of the actress Joanna Lumley. He started playing drums in a student band at college, and that band entered the finals of the Melody Maker band talent contest in the early 70s....
- keyboards, piano, synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, Clavinet, Moog synthesizer, vocals - Phil CollinsPhil CollinsPhilip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
– drums, vocals (1), piano - Morris PertMorris PertMorris David Brough Pert was a Scottish composer, drummer/percussionist, and pianist who composed in the fields of both contemporary classical and jazz-rock music...
– percussion
Production
- Produced by Dennis MacKay
- Engineered and mixed by 'Perdurabo' Stephen W. Tayler
- Mastered by Ray Staff
Charts
Year | Chart | Position |
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1977 | UK Album Chart | 37 |