Rhapsodies is a studio double album by English keyboardist Rick Wakeman, released in May 1979 on A&M Records. It was his last studio release on A&M and reached no. 25 in the UK. Described by Wakeman as "probably the most confusing I have ever made" due to the range of styles, it contains generally shorter tracks than his previous work to date, the longest being 5:32. All of his previous non-soundtrack albums had contained at least two tracks over seven minutes long.
Critical reception
The Globe and Mail wrote that Wakeman's "major problem is his insistence on inundating the marketplace with far more instrumentally adept but generally unexciting mishmash than it can possibly absorb."
Track listing All tracks by Rick Wakeman, except where noted.
Personnel Music Rick Wakeman – keyboards, arrangements, vocals and vocoder on "Pedra da Gavea" Nico Ramsden – electric guitar Tony Visconti – acoustic guitar, engineer Bruce Lynch – bass guitars Frank Gibson Jr. – drums, percussion
Technical James Lougheed – engineer, Mobile One tape operator David K. Richards – assistant engineer Michael Ross – album design, art direction Paul Wakefield – photography
Charts Chart (1979) Peakposition
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