Английская Википедия:Celts and Cobras
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox album Celts and Cobras is the second and final studio album from the Scottish neo-rockabilly group the Shakin' Pyramids (billed on the album cover as "Shakin' Pyramids"), released in 1982 by Cuba Libre, a subsidiary of Virgin Records. "Just a Memory" and "Pharaoh's Chant" were released as singles from the album. It features a more diverse instrumental palette than the band's debut album, Skin 'Em Up (1981), but was seen as a departure from the group's original, immediate sound.
Reception
Шаблон:Album ratings Celts and Cobras features more varied instrumentation than previous Shakin' Pyramids releases, but was seen as a departure from the band's original, immediate sound.[1][2][3] Trouser Press said, "Celts and Cobras offers a higher percentage of their own songs, but on it they're accompanied by piano, accordion, electric bass and even — gack! — a string section... The band still rocks, but they'd better figure out where they're going."[2] AllMusic gave the album 3/5 stars, and opined that "the energy and verve of their debut had been replaced by a stultifying maturity."[4][1] Ethnomusicologist Craig Morrison wrote, "[Celts and Cobras] drifted farther from rockabilly as they broadened their horizons... One writer asked, "From neo-rockabilly to neo-schlock—is this neo-progress?"[3]
Track listing
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Side B: Шаблон:Tracklist
Personnel
The Shakin' Pyramids
- Davie Duncan – Lead vocals, drums, percussion, tambourine
- James G. Creighton – Acoustic and electric guitar, acoustic bass, mandolin, background vocals
- "Railroad" Ken McLellan – Acoustic guitar, background vocals
Additional Personnel
- Bob Andrews: Piano, electric bass
- Geraint Watkins: Accordion
- Mitch Caws: Slap bass
- John Willoughby: Upright bass
- Andy Powell, Paul Hughes: Electric bass
- Strings arranged by Roy Clark
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Shakin' Pyramids at AllMusic
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite book
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