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Five Bridges - The Nice / Virgin Audio CD 1990

Name: Five Bridges - The Nice / Virgin Audio CD 1990 / 077778738428
Brand: Virgin Records
SKU: 077778738428
Price: 29.99 USD
Availability: InStock

UPC 077778738428

Product Details:

Label: Virgin ‎– 077778738428

Format: CD, Album, Reissue

Country: Europe

Released: 1990

Genre: Rock, Classical

Style: Art Rock, Avantgarde, Prog Rock

Description:

The "Five Bridges Suite" is a modern piece of music, written in the 1960s, combining classical music and jazz. Written about the UK city of Newcastle upon Tyne, it was released as an album by the Nice as Five Bridges, which achieved the number two position in the UK album charts. In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came No. 29 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums"

Editorial Review:

Five Bridges is a delectable representation of early-'70s progressive rock. Its makeup contains all of the elements needed to complete a solid prog album: a heavy intermingling of synthesizer and electric guitar, strong punctuation of both bass and drums, a central concept, and the fusing of rock and classical music, which in this case employs the Sinfonia of London. The eight tracks, centered around Newcastle's urban structure and life in a blue collar society, are as colorful as they are intricate. "Intermezzo" from Sibelius' Karelia Suite, and Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" are marvelous examples of classical and rock commingling, with the spotlight focused on Keith Emerson's keyboard virtuosity. The second movement from Fantasia is a sparkling model of improvisational use containing various rock & roll rhythms and time structures, while the third track entitled "High Level Fugue 4th Bridge," was inspired by Guida's "Prelude and Fugue" and incorporates assorted jazz techniques and boogie-woogie styles into a classical recipe. "Country Pie/Brandenburg Concerto, No. 6" unites Dylan with Bach for a most extraordinary illustration of instrumental creativity. Each example of genre merging is pristine and fluid, making the actual overlapping of multiple styles completely transparent. Five Bridges may rank just a tad below The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack or Ars Longa Vita Brevis on the patience scale, but it does demonstrate how Emerson's work with ELP came into fruition.

Tracklist:

	The Five Bridges Suite
1	Fantasia 1st Bridge / 2nd Bridge Music By – Keith Emerson	2:42
2	Chorale 3rd Bridge Music By – Keith Emerson	3:27
3	High Level Fugue 4th Bridge Lyrics By – Lee Jackson (2), Music By – Keith Emerson	4:01
4	Finale 5th Bridge Lyrics By – Lee Jackson (2), Music By – Keith Emerson	7:59
5	Intermezzo 'Karelia Suite' Arranged By – Joseph Eger, Keith Emerson, Composed By – Sibelius	9:01
6	Pathetique (Symphony No. 6 3rd Movement) Arranged By – Joseph Eger, Keith Emerson, Composed By – Tchaikovsky	9:20
7	Country Pie / Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 Composed By – Dylan, Written-By – Bach	5:40
8	One Of Those People Written-By – Keith Emerson, Lee Jackson (2)	3:09
	Bonus Tracks
9	The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack Written-By – O'List, Emerson	4:12
10	Flower King Of Flies Written-By – Emerson, Jackson	3:36
11	Bonnie K Written-By – O'List, Jackson	3:19
12	Diary Of An Empty Day Written-By – Emerson, Jackson	3:58
13	America Written-By – Bernstein, Sondheim	6:06

More Details:

Composed By, Score – Keith Emerson (tracks: 1 to 8)
Conductor – Joseph Eger (tracks: 1 to 8)
Design [Cover], Photography [Front Cover] – Hipgnosis (2)
Engineer – Bob Auger (tracks: 1 to 8)
Engineer, Mixed By – Eddie Kramer (tracks: 1 to 8)
Mastered By [Mastered For Cd], Compiled By [Recompiled By] – Dave Turner, Harris Greenfield
Mixed By – Malcolm Toft (tracks: 1 to 8)
Orchestra – Sinfonia Of London (tracks: 1 to 8)
Photography [Inside Photo] – Eric Hayes
Producer – The Nice
Words By – Lee Jackson (2) (tracks: 1 to 8)

About the Artist:

The Nice were an English progressive rock band active in the late 1960s. They blended rock, jazz and classical music and were keyboardist Keith Emerson's first commercially successful band.

The group was formed in 1967 by Emerson, Lee Jackson, David O'List and Ian Hague to back soul singer P. P. Arnold. After replacing Hague with Brian Davison, the group set out on their own, quickly developing a strong live following. The group's stage performances featured Emerson's Hammond organ showmanship and abuse of the instrument, such as playing rhythms while switching the reverb on and off while the spring unit was crashing about. Their compositions included radical rearrangements of classical music themes and Bob Dylan songs.

The band achieved commercial success with an instrumental rearrangement of Leonard Bernstein's "America", following which O'List left the group. The remaining members carried on as a trio, releasing several albums, before Emerson decided to leave the band in early 1970 in order to form Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The group briefly reformed in 2002 for a series of concerts.

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