The Battle of Hastings (album)

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1995 studio album by Caravan

The Battle of Hastings

Studio album by Caravan

Released

28 September 1995

Recorded

April – May 1995

Genre

Progressive rock, Canterbury scene, hard rock

Length

52:21

Label

Castle

Producer

Julian Gordon-Hastings

Caravan chronology

The Best of Caravan – Canterbury Tales
(1994)

The Battle of Hastings
(1995)

Travelling Man
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

The Battle of Hastings is the twelfth album by the British Canterbury scene progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1995.

Track listing

"It's a Sad, Sad Affair" (Pye Hastings) – 3:23
"Somewhere in Your Heart" (Hastings) – 5:42
"Cold as Ice" (Hastings) – 4:09
"Liar" (Hastings) – 6:07
"Don't Want Love" (Pye Hastings, Jimmy Hastings) – 6:48
"Travelling Ways" (Dave Sinclair) – 3:51
"This Time" (Hastings) – 5:19
"If It Wasn't for Your Ego" (Hastings) – 3:36
"It's Not Real" (Hastings) – 5:29
"Wendy Wants Another 6" Mole" (Hastings) – 2:25
"I Know Why You're Laughing" (Hastings) – 5:32

Personnel

Caravan

Pye Hastings – lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, Leslie guitar, harmony vocals
Geoff Richardson – viola, violin, clarinet, acoustic & electric guitar, mandolin, tambourine, wind, kalimba, shaker, amplifiers, harmony vocals
Dave Sinclair – keyboards, harmony vocals
Jim Leverton – bass guitar, harmony vocals; lead vocals on "Travelling Ways"
Richard Coughlan – drums

Additional personnel

Jimmy Hastings – flute, piccolo flute, alto flute, bass flute, clarinet, soprano sax, tenor sax

Releases information

1999: Castle 520
1996: CD HTD 41
2002: CD Castle 72042
1995: CD Castle 41

References

External links

v t e Caravan
Pye Hastings Geoffrey Richardson Jan Schelhaas Jim Leverton Mark Walker Richard Coughlan Richard Sinclair Dave Sinclair Steve Miller Derek Austin Stuart Evans John G. Perry Mike Wedgwood Dek Messecar Doug Boyle Simon Bentall Jimmy Hastings
Studio albums	Caravan If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You In the Land of Grey and Pink Waterloo Lily For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night Cunning Stunts Blind Dog at St. Dunstans Better by Far The Album Back to Front Cool Water The Battle of Hastings The Unauthorized Breakfast Item Paradise Filter It's None of Your Business
Live albums	Caravan and the New Symphonia Live at the Fairfield Halls, 1974 BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert Live: Canterbury Comes to London Songs for Oblivion Fishermen Ether Way: BBC Sessions 1975-77 Surprise Supplies Green Bottles for Marjorie: The Lost BBC Sessions
Compilation albums	The Show of Our Lives The Best of Caravan – Canterbury Tales Travelling Man All Over You...Too The Show of Our Lives – Caravan at the BBC 1968–1975 The World Is Yours – The Anthology 1968-1976
Related bands	Bruford Camel Delivery Earthworks Egg Gong Hatfield and the North In Cahoots Khan Matching Mole National Health Soft Heap Soft Machine Uriel The Wilde Flowers

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