Seen One Earth

about this album

Around the same time that IRS Records started their No-Speak label, Capitol decided they would do something similar and created the Cinema label. Unfortunately, the label wasn’t around very long, never making it past the first batch of 5 records (and a sampler). The best of the bunch was this album by Pete Bardens, Seen One Earth It was the 5th solo record from the Camel keyboardist – a concept album based on Tom Wolfe’s book, The Right Stuff. Seen One Earth is a wide-screen, deeply involving, aural excursion. Like a film, it progresses from the dawn of mankind (“Seascape,” “Man Alive”) through a space voyager’s departure from Earth (“Seen One Earth”), and the loneliness of his experience (“Home Thoughts”). “In Dreams” and “The Stargate” capture the feel of freedom and transformation, while the closing track, “Many Happy Returns,” takes the listener full circle back home. Track Listing Side One 1 – Seascape 2 – Man Alive 3 – Seen One Earth 4 – Home Thoughts Side Two 5 – Prelude 6 – In Dreams 7 – The Stargate 8 – Many Happy Returns Musicians Pete Bardens – assorted keyboards, synthesizers, and electronic drums Adrian Dessent – guitar Neil Lockwood – vocal on track 6 Honey Hylton – vocal on track 7 Peter Van Hooke – drums on track 3 User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

tracks

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