Angel (Angel album)

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Angel
File:Angel-Angel.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 27, 1975[1]
RecordedWally Heider Studios, Hollywood, California
GenreHard rock
Length37:08
LabelCasablanca, Mercury
ProducerDerek Lawrence, Big Jim Sullivan
Angel chronology
Angel
(1975)
Helluva Band
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Angel is the first album by the rock band Angel. "Tower", the keyboard-heavy opening track,[3] was used widely during the late 1970s and early 1980s by album rock radio stations in the US for various advertising purposes. The track is also on K-SHE radio's Classic List.[4] This album can be seen[by whom?] as representing the band's early progressive roots, with Helluva Band seeing the group starting to move towards an increasingly hard rock-oriented sound. Tracks 6-8 segue to form a 10-minute mini suite.

Track listing

  1. "Tower" – 6:59 (Frank Dimino, Greg Giuffria, Punky Meadows)
  2. "Long Time" – 7:02 (Dimino, Giuffria, Meadows)
  3. "Rock and Rollers" – 4:01 (Dimino, Giuffria, Meadows)
  4. "Broken Dreams" – 5:15 (Dimino, Meadows)
  5. "Mariner" – 4:23 (Dimino, Giuffria, Big Jim Sullivan, Derek Lawrence)
  6. "Sunday Morning" – 4:10 (Dimino, Giuffria)
  7. "On & On" – 4:19 (Dimino, Giuffria, Meadows, Mickey Jones)
  8. "Angel (Theme)" – 1:39 (Giuffria, Barry Brandt)

Personnel

Production

  • Arranged by Angel
  • Produced by Derek Lawrence and Big Jim Sullivan
  • Recording and mix by Peter Granet
  • Mastered at Allen Zentz Mastering
  • All songs published by White Angel Music.

References

  1. "Angel". rateyourmusic. Retrieved April 19, 2011.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. "Planet Mellotron Album Reviews". Planet Mellotron. Andy Thompson. Retrieved December 13, 2009. ...the near-seven minutes of Tower ... all swooping synths and roaring Hammond ...
  4. [1] Archived December 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine