Bursting at the Seams is the fifth studio album by the English band Strawbs, released on 26 January 1973 by A&M Records. It was the first album to be released after the departure of founder member Tony Hooper and the recruitment of Dave Lambert. It contains their two most successful singles and peaked at No. 2 in the UK Album ChartUK Top 40 Hit Database everyHit.com. retrieved on 16 December 2008 and No. 65 in Canada.
Track listing Side one "Flying" (Dave Cousins) – 4:49 "Lady Fuschia" (Richard Hudson, John Ford) – 3:59 "Stormy Down" (Cousins) – 2:45 "Down by the Sea" (Cousins) – 6:17 "The River" (Cousins) – 2:21 "Down by the Sea" is placed after "The River" on the 1998 CD to replicate the order the songs were regularly played in concert.
Side two "Part of the Union" (Hudson, Ford) – 2:54 "Tears and Pavan" – 6:35 "Tears" (Cousins) "Pavan" (Cousins, Hudson, Ford) "The Winter and the Summer" (Dave Lambert) – 4:07 "Lay Down" (Cousins) – 4:31 "Thank You" (Blue Weaver, Cousins) – 2:11
Bonus tracks - A&M 1998 remastered CD "Will You Go" (aka "Wild Mountain Thyme") (Francis McPeake) – 3:54 "Backside" (Cousins, Hudson, Ford, Lambert, Weaver) – 3:49 "Lay Down" (Single version) (Cousins) – 3:33
Personnel Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar Blue Weaver – organ, piano, mellotron John Ford – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar Richard Hudson – backing vocals, drums, sitar
Recording Strawbs – Producers Tom Allom – Engineer
Recorded at Sound Techniques, the Manor and Morgan Studios
Charts Chart (1973) Peakposition
Release history Region Date Label Format Catalogue United Kingdom A&M stereo LP AMLH 68144 United States A&M stereo LP SP 4383 Canada A&M stereo LP & cassette SP 4383 / CS 4383 Germany, Italy A&M stereo LP A&M 86 658 Denmark Sonet/Dansk Grammafon stereo LP SLPS 1544 United Kingdom A&M cassette ZCAM 68144 West Germany 1988 A&M CD 394383-2 Worldwide A&M remastered CD (3 bonus tracks) 540 936-2 Japan A&M remastered CD (3 bonus tracks) UICY-9215
References Bursting at the Seams on Strawbsweb Sleeve notes CD 540 936-2 Bursting at the Seams
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