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Renaissance

 
Album Review: Renaissance

  • Artist: Renaissance
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1969
  • Type: Compilation (best of)
  • Genre: Electronica

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Kings and Queens Jim McCarty, Keith Relf Renaissance (10:56)
Innocence Jim McCarty, Keith Relf Renaissance (7:07)
Island Jim McCarty, Keith Relf Renaissance (5:58)
Wanderer Jim McCarty, John Hawken Renaissance (4:02)
Bullet Jim McCarty, Keith Relf Renaissance (11:21)

Credits

Louis Cennamo (Creative Consultant), Andrew Johns (Engineer), Gordon Anderson (Executive Producer), Peter Schaumann (Cover Illustration), Jim McCartney (Percussion), Jane Relf (Percussion), John Hawken (Interpretation), Keith Relf (Vocals), Keith Relf (Harmonica), Robert L. Heimall (Design), Louis Cennamo (Interpretation), John Hawken (Creative Consultant), Andy Johns (Engineer), John Hawken (Piano), William S. Harvery (Art Direction), Jane Relf (Vocals), Paul Samwell-Smith (Producer), John Hawken (Harpsichord), Richie Unterberger (Liner Notes), Jim McCartney (Vocals), Louis Cennamo (Guitar (Bass)), Keith Relf (Guitar)
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Renaissance
Studio album by Renaissance
Released 1969
Recorded 1969 at Olympic Sound Studios, London
Genre Progressive rock
Length 39:24
Label Island Records, Elektra Records
Producer Paul Samwell-Smith
Professional reviews
Renaissance chronology
Renaissance
(1969)
Illusion
1971
Original US release cover
Innocence reissue

Renaissance was the self-titled debut album by progressive rock band Renaissance.

Contents

Track listing

# Title Music Length
1. "Kings and Queens"   Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo 10:56
2. "Innocence"   Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo 7:07
3. "Island"   Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo[1] 5:58
4. "Wanderer"   Hawken-McCarty 4:02
5. "Bullet"   Relf-McCarty-Hawken-Cennamo 11:21

Personnel

"Island" single

The single version of "Island" (the album version minus the classical themes at the end) was backed with a non-LP B-side, "The Sea." Some CD editions of the album include both of these tracks.

Releases

Renaissance was initially released in the UK in 1969 by Island records as catalogue ILPS 9112; it was also released in America on Elektra and by Island in Germany) as 87 609 ET.

In 1998 Renaissance was reissued by Mooncrest Records (U.K.) as Innocence. This reissue included six bonus tracks, but the packaging included no explanation of what they were. Besides "Island" (single version) and "The Sea" (see above), there were the following:[2][3][4]

  • "Shining Where The Sun Has Been": Pre-Renaissance demo (1968) recorded by Keith & Jim under the name "Together."
  • "Prayer For Light" & "Walking Away": Tracks recorded, post-Renaissance, by Keith & Jim (written & sung by Jim) for the unreleased 1971 film Schizom.
  • "All The Fallen Angels": Demo, 1976. Keith's final recorded performance.

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