Resolving Contradictions is the second solo studio album by English rock musician Andy Mackay, released on Bronze Records in 1978.
Andy Mackay was once Roxy Music's saxophonist, and some members of the group play on this album. The record is a 'concept album' with references to the Chinese culture. The cover, designed by Jane Mackay, figures a post-Cultural Revolution scene.
Track listing All songs by Andy Mackay, except "Battersea Rise" by Ray Russell and Andy Mackay.
"Iron Blossom" "Trumpets on the Mountains/Off to Work/'Unreal City'" "The Loyang Tractor Factory" "Rivers" "Battersea Rise" "Skill and Sweat" "The Ortolan Bunting (A Sparrow's Fall)" "The Inexorable Sequence" "A Song of Friendship (The Renmin Hotel)" "Alloy Blossom (Trumpets in the Suburbs)" "Green and Gold"
Personnel Andy Mackay – saxophone, oboe, cor Anglais, piano, synthesizer Ray Russell – guitar, string and brass arrangements Mo Foster – bass Tony Stevens – bass Paul Thompson – drums, timpani, gong Peter van Hooke – drums Phil Manzanera – guitar solo on "The Inexorable Sequence" Tim Wheater – Chinese reed flute Chris Parren – keyboards Gavyn Wright – violin solo Michael Laird – trumpet
Production and artwork Phill Brown – assistant producer, engineer Jane Mackay – assistant producer, cover Eric Scott – cover painting
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