| 词条 | The Prodigal Stranger |
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| name = Prodigal Stranger | type = Album | artist = Procol Harum | cover = Procol_Harum_Prodigal_Stranger.jpg | alt = | released = 27 August 1991 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Progressive rock | length = | label = Zoo Entertainment | producer = Matt Noble with Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher & Keith Reid | prev_title = Something Magic | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = The Long Goodbye | next_year = 1995 }}{{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = | rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}[1] | rev2Score = }}The Prodigal Stranger is the tenth studio album by Procol Harum, released in 1991. The album is dedicated to the memory of Barrie James (B. J.) Wilson, who had been the drummer on all of the group's previous albums. Recorded after a 14-year break, even singer Gary Brooker was uncertain whether or not the sessions would work out for the band: "We never knew if it would work out, but we did know one thing and that was that the basis of us making the new Procol Harum record would be if we could get together a good set of songs...it was very like making a first album."[2] Although Fisher hadn't played with the band since 1969's A Salty Dog, he stated at the time "I felt that I just sort of slotted back into it, like it had only been like the day before ... so it's not so much déjà vu as just carrying on where we left off." Fisher continued to perform and tour with Procol Harum until after the tour to support 2004's The Well's on Fire[3] The reunion of the remaining four (lyricist Keith Reid is considered a full member of the band) members didn't last long. Robin Trower performed on the album and co-wrote the music for "All Our Dreams are Sold" but he declined to join the group on the following tour and was replaced by Tim Renwick. The tour to promote the album was well received and attended in both Europe and the United States reflecting the respect and status of the group but was not reflected in album sales. The album didn't chart in the Billboard Top 100 in the United States although the single "All Our Dreams Are Sold" got decent airplay rising to #29 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts.[4] The album received mixed reviews best summarized by the review at allmusic.com which stated that while Brooker was in fine voice the writing by Brooker's partner Keith Reid was "in a mundane, conventional mode" while Entertainment Weekly suggested "...and though the songs in The Prodigal Stranger are occasionally overproduced, singer Gary Brooker's powerfully soulful voice still makes the difference every time. Most of The Prodigal Stranger would have sounded perfectly wonderful in 1969 — and in this case, that's a compliment."[5] Track listing
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References1. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r15836 |title=Prodigal Stranger - Procol Harum | AllMusic |first=James A. |last=Gardner |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=12 August 2011}} {{Procol Harum}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Prodigal Stranger, The}}2. ^Promotional interview with Gary Brooker, www.procolharum.com/zoo_promo.htm 3. ^Promotional interview with Matthew Fisher, www.procolharum.com/zoo_promo.htm 4. ^Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts, 1991 5. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,315422,00.html | work=Entertainment Weekly | title=Music Review: The Prodigal Stranger, by Procol Harum | date=6 September 1991}} 3 : Procol Harum albums|1991 albums|Zoo Entertainment (record label) albums |
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