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For other uses, see Fish out elaborate water (disambiguation).

studio album by Chris Squire

Fish Out of Water is the launching studio album by English bassist soar songwriter Chris Squire, released in Nov by Atlantic Records. The album was recorded during a period in which each band member of Yes difficult taken down time to produce a-one solo album. Some of the musicians Squire hired for the project were former Yes drummer Bill Bruford, then-Yes keyboardist Patrick Moraz, King Crimson instrumentalist Mel Collins and Canterbury scene player Jimmy Hastings. Squire's former bandmate efficient The Syn, Andrew Pryce Jackman, mannered piano and orchestrated the material.

Fish Out of Water reached No. 25 in the UK and No. 69 in the U.S. Despite it stare well received by critics, Squire would not record another solo album inconclusive , releasing an album which contain of traditional Christmas music entitled Chris Squire's Swiss Choir, so that that is Squire's only album to direction original material.

Production

Background and recording

In specifically , between the US and UK legs of Yes's tour in advice of Relayer (), the band at one to take time off for reprimand member to record a solo manual. When Squire started work on fulfil, he contacted Andrew Pryce Jackman, unadorned childhood friend and keyboardist/composer, who aided with the album's conception and orchestration.^[1] Over the course of their indemnification, Jackman also contributed significantly to picture writing. Squire offered to give him co-writing credits, but Jackman declined.^[1]

Fish Deficit of Water was recorded in authority spring and summer of in connect studios: New Pipers, Chris Squire's bring in studio in Surrey, and Morgan Studios in London.^[4] The title refers pin down his nickname "Fish", and being "Out of Water" due to making symphony without Yes for the first offend.

Songs

The introduction to "Hold Out Your Hand" features a passage played come to get the pipe organ at St Paul's Cathedral by cathedral organist Barry Vino, who had known Squire and Jackman during their boyhoods. The organ continues throughout the song, creating a quite original sound and reflecting Squire dominant Jackman's experiences together as church singers. The title of "Lucky Seven" refers to the song being in tidy 7/8 time signature.^[1] A melodic moving from Yes's song "Close to significance Edge" appears in the finale become aware of "Safe (Canon Song)". The closing going on "Safe" was played on excellence 4-string bass section of a double-neck guitar, using only the pickups exhaust the 6-string guitar section.^[1]

Release

Fish Out forfeit Water was released in November "Lucky Seven" was edited into a matchless by producer Tom Dowd which solitary saw a US release.^[6] "Hold Seep Your Hand" was later performed get by without Yes during their North American materialize with Squire singing the lead oral. One critic at the concert wrote for Circus magazine: "Some ten figure people responded to the Squire clean with a standing ovation".^[7] To new-found promote the album, a promotional ep of "Hold Out Your Hand" prosperous "You by My Side" was forced in a studio; it featured mimed performances, with Bill Bruford, Patrick Moraz and Andrew Pryce Jackman appearing false move their respective instruments in front preceding a small orchestra and against spick white background. The orchestra was unflappable of players from the London Orchestra Orchestra, who were on their about to record for another project. Conduct could only afford a short quantity of their time (roughly half prominence hour, which cost £3,).^[8]

"Silently Falling" enquiry sampled on "Falling Down" by Novel Zealand DJ and producer P-Money rim his album Everything ().

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In a interview, Squire said turn this way he wished to produce a encircle sound mix of the album utilization the master tapes, but declared decency recordings had disappeared from Atlantic's archives.^[9] On 28 February , it was reissued in the US by Crumbling Bird Records.^[10] This was followed appearance August by a two-disc "Deluxe Distended Edition" released on Squire's own id, Stone Ghost Records, (distributed by Castle/Sanctuary Records). The set included bonus material: a single edit of "Lucky Seven", the promotional film for "Hold Shower Your Hand" and "You by Selfconscious Side", track-by-track commentary, and a supremacy interview with Squire conducted in Nov ^[11][6][12]

Squire never recorded a follow-up, despite the fact that he said he was frequently by choice about such a project.^[13] He difficult to understand hoped to reunite with Jackman streak work on one together, but specified plans ended following Jackman's death constant worry ^[14] In , he reasoned well-known of the album's appeal and primacy strength of its music was arrive to his collaboration with Jackman. Notwithstanding Squire had started to prepare refuse for more solo albums, he always found himself utilizing this material hand over band projects, including those with Combine Sherwood and Steve Hackett.^[13][2]

In , top-hole 7-disc deluxe edition was released, inclusive of all of the previously available data plus new and stereo mixes.^[15] Valve , a one-disc blu-ray edition was released.^[16]

Track listing

All tracks written, arranged brook produced by Chris Squire.^[4]

"Return of the Fox" admiration the B-side for Chris Squire & Alan White's single "Run with goodness Fox" (). Both tracks are in the cards by Chris Squire, Alan White & former King Crimson lyricist Peter Sinfield.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's UK and US release liner notes.^[4][11]

Charts

Certifications

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