Curved Air

Sobre a banda: Formada na década de 70 Curved Air é uma banda que mistura o folk ao rock progressivo. Quem aprecia rock progressivo marcado pelo som de violino não pode deixar de conferir.

Melhores Álbuns:

Air Conditioning:

Ano: 1970

Formação:

- Sonja Kristina / lead vocal

- Darryl Way / electric violin, vocal

- Francis Monkman / lead guitar, organ, piano, Mellotron, electric Harpsicord, special effects equipement and VCS3 synthesizer

- Robert Martin / bass guitar

- Florian Pilkington-Miksa / drums

Faixas:

Side 1:

1. It Happened Today* (4:55)

2. Stretch (4:05)

3. Screw* (4:03)

4. Blind Man (3:32)

5. Vivaldi (7:26)

Side 2:

6. Hide and Seek* (6:15)

7. Propositions (3:04)

8. Rob One (3:22)

9. Situations (6:17)

10. Vivaldi with Cannons (1:35)

Tempo total: 44:34

Second Album:

Ano: 1971

Formação:

- Sonja Christina / vocals

- Darryl Way / vocal, electric violin, piano on "Puppet"

- Francis Monkman / guitar, keyboards, VCS3 synthesizer

- Ian Eyre / bass guitar

- Florian Pilkington Miksa / drums

Faixas:

Side 1:

1. Young Mother (5:55)

2. Back Street Luv (3:38)

3. Jumbo (4:11)

4. You Know (4:11)

5. Puppets (5:26)

Side 2:

6. Everdance (3:08)

7. Bright summer's day 68 (2:54)

8. Piece of Mind (12:52)

Tempo total: 40:25

Phantasmagoria:

Ano: 1972

Formação:

- Sonja Kristina / vocals, acoustic guitar

- Francis Monkman / guitars, keyboards, Tubular Bells, Gong, percussion

- Florian Pilkington-Miksa / drums, percussion

- Darryl Way / violin, keyboards, vocals, Tubular Bells, Mellotron on "Marie Antoinette"

- Mike Wedgwood / bass, acoustic guitar, vocals

Participações:

- Annie Stewart / flute on "Melinda (More or Less)"

- Crispian Steele-Perkins / trumpet

- Paul Cosh / trumpet

- Jim Watson / trumpet

- George Parnaby / trumpet

- Chris Pyne / trombone

- Alan Gout / trombone

- David Purser / trombone

- Steve Saunders / trombone

- Frank Ricotti / xylophone, vibes

- Mal Linwood-Ross / percussion

- Colin Caldwell / percussion

- Jean Akers / percussion and featuring

- Doris the Cheetah / Grand Finale on Cheetah

Faixas:

Side 1:

1. Marie Antoinette (6:20)

2. Melinda (More or Less) (3:25)

3. Not quite the Same (3:44)

4. Cheetah (3:33)

5. Ultra-Vivaldi (2:22)

Side 2:

6. Phantasmagoria (3:15)

7. Whose Shoulder are You Looking Over Anyway? (3:24)

8. Over and Above (8:36)

9. One a Ghost, Alway a Ghost (4:25)

Tempo total: 39:04

Air Cut:

Ano: 1973

Formação:

- Kirby Gregory / guitars, vocals

- Eddie Jobson / keyboards, violin, vocals

- Sonja Kristina / vocals, acoustic guitar

- Jim Russell / drums, percussion

- Mike Wedgwood / bass, acoustic guitar, vocals, lead vocal on "Two Three Two"

Faixas:

Side 1:

1. The Purple Speed Queen (1:32)

2. Elfin Boy (4:13)

3. Metamorphosis (10:38)

4. World (3:43)

Side 2:

5. Armin (3:42)

6. U.H.F. (5:07)

7. Two-Three-Two (4:10)

8. Easy (6:40)

Tempo total: 39:45

Lovechild:

Ano: 1990

Formação:

- Kirby Gregory / guitars, vocals

- Eddie Jobson / keyboards, violin, vocals

- Sonja Kristina / vocals, acoustic guitar

- Florian Pilkington-Miksa / drums, percussion

- Jim Russell / drums, percussion

- Mike Wedgwood / bass, acoustic guitar, vocals

Faixas:

1. Exsultate Jubilate

2. Lovechild

3. Seasons

4. The Flasher

5. Joan

6. The Dancer

7. The Widow

8. Paris by Night

Tempo total: 34:25