Reviews at the time of release were very positive, with Billboard calling it "another top-flight album" for the band.[5] In 1975, Rolling Stone critic Steve Turner wrote that it had been "a Rolling Stone 'album of the year',"[6] though in fact Parachute did not place among the magazine's Albums of the Year for 1970[7] or 1971,[8] and indeed was not mentioned in Rolling Stone until Stephen Holden called it an "obscure underground classic" in his review of Freeway Madness.[9]
The band's lineup at this point was Phil May, Wally Waller, John Povey, Vic Unitt, and Skip Alan.
In 1975, the record was packaged as a double LP with their previous album S.F. Sorrow titled S.F. Sorrow and Parachute and issued on the UK label Harvest on the Harvest Heritage series. In 1976, the record was again packaged as a double LP with their previous album S.F. Sorrow titled Real Pretty. In Canada, this album was on Motown Records.
Snapper Records released a 40th anniversary double CD in September 2010 which included acoustic reworkings of various tracks recorded in May 2010 by Wally Waller and Phil May.
parachute, pretty, things, album, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, parachute, pretty, things, album, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Parachute The Pretty Things album news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Parachute is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Pretty Things released in 1970 It is their first album without guitarist Dick Taylor ParachuteStudio album by Pretty ThingsReleasedJune 1970 1970 06 RecordedSeptember 1969 April 1970StudioAbbey Road Studios LondonGenrePsychedelic rock 1 psychedelic pop 2 hard rock 1 Length40 58LabelHarvestProducerNorman SmithPretty Things chronologyS F Sorrow 1968 Parachute 1970 Freeway Madness 1972 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 3 Record Collector 4 Reviews at the time of release were very positive with Billboard calling it another top flight album for the band 5 In 1975 Rolling Stone critic Steve Turner wrote that it had been a Rolling Stone album of the year 6 though in fact Parachute did not place among the magazine s Albums of the Year for 1970 7 or 1971 8 and indeed was not mentioned in Rolling Stone until Stephen Holden called it an obscure underground classic in his review of Freeway Madness 9 The band s lineup at this point was Phil May Wally Waller John Povey Vic Unitt and Skip Alan In 1975 the record was packaged as a double LP with their previous album S F Sorrow titled S F Sorrow and Parachute and issued on the UK label Harvest on the Harvest Heritage series In 1976 the record was again packaged as a double LP with their previous album S F Sorrow titled Real Pretty In Canada this album was on Motown Records Snapper Records released a 40th anniversary double CD in September 2010 which included acoustic reworkings of various tracks recorded in May 2010 by Wally Waller and Phil May Contents 1 Track listing 1 1 Bonus tracks on 2000 reissue 2 Personnel 3 ReferencesTrack listing editAll songs by Phil May and Wally Waller except where noted Adapted from original UK pressing 10 Side ANo TitleLength1 Scene One Scene One The Good Mr Square She Was Tall She Was High 4 54 1 51 1 27 1 362 In the Square The Letter Rain 6 03 1 55 1 39 2 293 Miss Fay Regrets 3 284 Cries from the Midnight Circus 6 28 Side BNo TitleWriter s Length1 Grass 4 202 Sickle Clowns 6 363 She s a Lover 3 324 What s the Use 1 455 Parachute May Norman Smith3 52Total length 40 58 Bonus tracks on 2000 reissue edit Blue Serge Blues May Waller Jon Povey 3 55 October 26 4 57 Cold Stone May Waller Pete Tolson 3 11 Stone Hearted Mama 3 29 Summer Time May Waller Tolson 4 29 Circus Mind May Tolson 2 00Note many subsequent pressings of the album separated the medleys on Side A into three tracks each Personnel editPretty Things Phil May vocals Vic Unitt guitars album tracks only Wally Waller bass guitar vocals Jon Povey keyboards vocals Skip Alan drums Pete Tolson guitars bonus tracks only Technical Tony Clark engineer Nick Webb assistant engineer Hipgnosis cover design photographyReferences edit a b Nicholas Schaffner October 1982 The British Invasion From the First Wave to the New Wave McGraw Hill p 251 ISBN 9780070550896 Dylan 9 January 2016 The Pretty Things Parachute 1970 Beardfood Archived from the original on 18 September 2017 Retrieved 17 September 2017 Rabid Jack Parachute at AllMusic Retrieved September 5 2015 Rossi Marco December 2010 Parachute Record Collector Retrieved September 5 2015 Special Merit Picks Billboard Jan 23 1971 Turner Steve New Pretty Things Get a Led Zep Airlift Rolling Stone Apr 10 1975 It Happened in 1970 Rolling Stone Feb 4 1971 1971 Vanishes Under Innocuous Circumstances Rolling Stone Feb 3 1972 Holden Stephen 13 September 1973 Freeway Madness Rolling Stone Update Images Discogs Retrieved 20 May 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Parachute The Pretty Things album amp oldid 1191793234, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
