(1974)
Label: Let Them Eat Vinyl
2015 Reissue
2LP
Red Vinyl
Limited Edition
Progressive Rock
Exotic Birds and Fruit is the seventh full-length studio album by British progressive rock band Procol Harum. It was released in 1974. Of special note is the release of the album in Argentina, calling the album "Pájaros Y Frutas Exóticas" (literally translated as "Birds and Exotic Fruit"). The cover artwork for the album is by Jakob Bogdani, a noted Hungarian artist whose paintings centred on exotic birds and fruit.
Collaborating again with producer Chris Thomas, Procol Harum the band recorded the album at George Martin's Air London Studios in London. According to singer/songwriter/piano player and band leader Gary Brooker the album was recorded in reaction to the two preceding albums which used extensive orchestration. Brooker stated "We made the live album with an orchestra. We'd then taken the orchestra into the studio for 'Grand Hotel'...we'd had enough of orchestras".
The album features the song "Butterfly Boys" written about the founders of the band's record label at the time Chrysalis. The band were unhappy with the terms of their contract and expressed that frustration in song.
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- 1 -
- 1. Nothing But the Truth
- 2. Beyond the Pale
- 3. As Strong As Samson
- 4. The Idol
- 5. The Thin End of the Wedge
- 6. Monsieur R. Monde
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- 2 -
- 1. Fresh Fruit
- 2. Butterfly Boys
- 3. New Lamps For Old
- 4. Drunk Again
- 5. As Strong As Samson (Alt. Mix In D Flat)
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