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- Artist: Phil Manzanera
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- Release Date: 1975
- Total Time: 42:28
- Type: Instrumental, Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
Phil Manzanera's first post-Roxy foray into solo albums is a terrific all-star affair that still holds up enormously well. Calling on favors from Roxy members present and past, and those from the Cambridge/British art rock scene, Manzanera assembled a supergroup for every song. Robert Wyatt sings Spanish gibberish on the opener "Frontera," a rewrite of his own "Team Spirit." Brian Eno teams up for the sunny "Big Day" and the nonsensical "Miss Shapiro," both of which would not have been out of place on his own early solo albums. John Wetton (of several groups including Family and Asia) sings a duet with Doreen Chanter (of the Chanter Sisters and the Joe Cocker Band), and Bill MacCormick of Matching Mole and Quiet Sun sings his own "Alma," the album's closing ballad. Fans of any of the singers above, not to mention Manzanera, whose party this is, won't be disappointed. A majority of these tracks went on to form the set list for 801 Live. ~ Ted Mills, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Frontera | Phil Manzanera, Robert Wyatt, Bill MacCormick | Phil Manzanera | (4:04) |
| Diamond Head | Phil Manzanera | Phil Manzanera | (4:28) |
| Big Day | Phil Manzanera, Brian Eno | Phil Manzanera | (3:45) |
| The Flex | Phil Manzanera | Phil Manzanera | (3:34) |
| Same Time Next Week | Phil Manzanera, John Wetton | Phil Manzanera | (4:48) |
| Miss Shapiro | Phil Manzanera, Brian Eno | Phil Manzanera | (6:28) |
| East of Echo | Phil Manzanera | Phil Manzanera | (5:47) |
| Lagrima | Phil Manzanera | Phil Manzanera | (2:36) |
| Alma | Phil Manzanera, Bill MacCormick | Phil Manzanera | (6:48) |
| Carhumba | Phil Manzanera | Phil Manzanera | (4:48) |
