Renaissance (Renaissance album)

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Renaissance
Renaissance cover
Studio album by Renaissance
Released 1969
Genre Progressive rock
Length 39:24
Label Island Records, Elektra
Professional reviews
Renaissance chronology
"Renaissance"
(1969)		 "Illusion"
1971
Original US release cover
Original US release cover
Innocence reissue
Innocence reissue

Renaissance was the self-titled debut album by progressive rock band Renaissance.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. Kings and Queens (Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo) - 10:56
  2. Innocence (Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo) - 7:07
  3. Island (Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo)[1] - 5:58
  4. Wanderer (Hawken-McCarty) - 4:02
  5. Bullet (Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo) - 11:21

[edit] Personnel

[edit] "Island" single

The single version of "Island" (the album version minus the classical themes at the end) was backed with a non-LP B-side, "The Sea." Some CD editions of the album include both of these tracks.

[edit] Releases

Renaissance was initially released in the UK in 1969 by Island records as catalogue ILPS 9112; it was also released in America on Elektra and by Island in Germany) as 87 609 ET.

In 1998 Renaissance was reissued by Mooncrest Records (U.K.) as Innocence. This reissue included six bonus tracks, but the packaging included no explanation of what they were. Besides "Island" (single version) and "The Sea" (see above), there were the following:[2][3][4]

  • "Shining Where The Sun Has Been": Pre-Renaissance demo (1968) recorded by Keith & Jim under the name "Together."
  • "Prayer For Light" & "Walking Away": Tracks recorded, post-Renaissance, by Keith & Jim (written & sung by Jim) for the unreleased 1971 film Schizom.
  • "All The Fallen Angels": Demo, 1976. Keith's final recorded performance.

[edit] References

  1. ^ This track borrows heavily from Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata
  2. ^ Renaissance Discography
  3. ^ The History Of Renaissance<
  4. ^ [http://www.musicsage.org/topics/Keith-Relf Keith Relf - Music Sage
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