In the Eye of the Storm
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| Studio album by Roger Hodgson | ||||
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1984 |
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7th |
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47:02 (CD) |
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In the Eye of the Storm (In the Eye of the Storm) , the first is the studio - album of the British Pop - / rock musician Roger Hodgson , the founder member of the British band Supertramp was. His solo debut album was released in 1984 and sold well in Switzerland and Norway , otherwise moderately.
description
Roger Hodgson left Supertramp after “… famous last words…” (1982), the band's seventh studio album, and an extensive farewell tour in favor of a solo career, because he and the second band leader, Rick Davies , could no longer agree on the music direction. Hodgson wanted to keep making pop and rock music, while Davies wanted to put a stronger emphasis on blues and jazz.
After separating from the band that had been successful up until then, Hodgson withdrew into his nature-loving family life and spent a lot of time with his children. In his studio, the Unicon Studio, he continued to work. His solo debut album In the Eye of the Storm was released in 1984 and found more than two million buyers. He turned down several offers to go on tour, and remained in his family life.
The style of music on In the Eye of the Storm is often referred to as progressive art pop and is partly reminiscent of the Supertramp style of the 1970s. Keyboard sounds (especially in In Jeopardy and Give Me Love, Give Me Life ) and staccato- like piano sounds stand out as the main instruments, while other instruments, such as the wind instruments typical of Supertramp (e.g. saxophone), take a back seat .
The best-known songs on the album are Had a Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy) (with almost 8½ minutes the second longest song on the record), whose video was often shown by MTV , for example , In Jeopardy and the ballad Lovers in the Wind (with a little more than 4 minutes shortest song) and the bombastic-symphony-like Only Because of You (with a little more than 8½ minutes longest work). The songs are on average over 6½ minutes long.
About three years after the critically acclaimed In the Eye of the Storm , the studio album Hai Hai was released.
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The album In the Eye of the Storm (Original: LP A&M AMLX 65004) contains 7 songs. On the record, songs 1 through 4 are on the A side and 5 through 7 on the B side. The lengths given below refer to a CD version (A&M 395 004-2) of the disk, which is 47:02 minutes long. The songs were composed, texted and arranged by Hodgson and sung with the lead voice.
- Had a Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy) - 8:27
- In Jeopardy - 5:57
- Lovers in the Wind - 4:14
- Hooked on a Problem - 5:08
- Give Me Love, Give Me Life - 7:34
- I'm Not Afraid - 7:05
- Only Because of You - 8:37
Charts
Album
The album In the Eye of the Storm sold well in Switzerland , where it climbed to 6th place in the charts, in Norway , where it climbed to 14th place, and in Germany, where it climbed to 20th place . It came in 41st place in Sweden and 46th in the US ( Billboard 200 ).
Singles
as single releases appeared in Jeopardy , with I'm Not Afraid as a B-side, and Had a Dream (Sleeping with the Enemy) , with Only Because of You as a B-side, 27 on the in Switzerland Place and came in 48th in the US.
occupation
All instruments except the following were played by Hodgson:
- Roger Hodgson - 12-string acoustic guitar , electric guitar , piano , Hammond organ , synthesizer , Wurlitzer electric piano , bass guitar , drums (in Hooked On a Problem and Lovers in the Wind ), vocals and backing vocals
Guest musicians (in alphabetical order):
- Ken Allardyce - harmonica and backing vocals
- Clair Diament - vocals (in Only Because of You )
- Jimmy Johnson - fretless bass guitar (in Lovers in the Wind and Only Because of You )
- Scott Page - Saxophone (in Hooked On a Problem )
- Michael Shrieve - drums (except in Hooked On a Problem and Lovers in the Wind )
Recording and production
The album In the Eye of the Storm was recorded and mixed in these recording studios in the USA : The sound recordings took place in Rogers Unicorn Studios ( Nevada City , California ). The record was mixed at Power Station ( Manhattan , New York City , New York ). The mastering was done at Masterdisk (also New York).
- Producer : Roger Hodgson
- Sound engineer : Scott Litt, James Farber (Unicorn Studios)
- Assistant Sound Engineer: Ken Allardyce (Unicorn Studios)
- Technical Assistant: Chris Amson (Unicorn Studios)
- Mixing Engineer: James Farber (Power Station)
- Mixing Assistant: Ken Allardyce, Malcolm Pollack (Power Station)
- Mastering Engineer: Howie Weinberg (Masterdisk)
- Cover concept: Roger Hodgson
- Artistic directors: Richard Frankel, Chuck Beeson
- Design and photo composition: David Coleman
- Globe model: Timothy Eames
- Photographs : Charles Reilly
- Storm Photography: Image Bank West, Cliff Boule
Released in 2006
In 2006, A&M Records also released a digitally revised new edition of the album In the Eye of the Storm . The remastering was carried out by Andrew Garver in the A&M Mastering Studios in Hollywood ( Los Angeles , California, USA).
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- ↑ Biography , on rogerhodgson.com
- ↑ a b c Chart sources (Roger Hodgson): DE + CH - NO - SE - UK - US
- ↑ US singles: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .