Broken Barricades

Broken Barricades
Studio album by Procol Harum
Publication (s)	June 11, 1971
admission	February – March 1971
Label (s)	Chrysalis
Format (s)	LP
Genre (s)	Progressive rock
Title (number)	8th
running time	35:06
occupation	Gary Brooker - piano , vocals BJ Wilson - drums Chris Copping - Hammond organ , bass Robin Trower - guitar Keith Reid - lyrics
production	Chris Thomas
chronology Home (1970) Broken Barricades Grand Hotel (1973)
Single releases 1971 Broken Barricades / Power Failure 1971 Simple Sister / Broken Barricades

Broken Barricades is the fifth studio album by the British progressive rock band Procol Harum . It was released in June 1971.

reception

Matthew Greenwald writes at AllMusic that after the departure of the organist Matthew Fisher, the band's sound on this album sounds a bit sparse, but “definitely not without size and dynamism”. He highlights Simple Sister as "really great" and says it is one of the best compositions by Gary Brooker and Keith Reid . Other titles like Power Failure and Playmate of the Mouth are classified as "first class songs".

Track list

Music: Gary Brooker , lyrics: Keith Reid , unless otherwise stated

page 1

1. Simple Sister - 5:52
2. Broken Barricades - 3:13
3. Memorial Drive - 3:47 (Trower, Reid)
4. Luskus Delph - 3:48

Page 2

1. Power Failure - 4:33
2. Song for a Dreamer - 5:40 (Trower, Reid)
3. Playmate of the Mouth - 5:06
4. Poor Mohammed - 3:07 (Trower, Reid)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Broken Barricades - AllMusic Review by Matthew Greenwald allmusic.com

Web links

• Broken Barricades at Allmusic (English)
• Reviews of Broken Barricades on the Baby Blue Pages