| 词条 | Air Conditioning (album) |
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| name = Air Conditioning | type = studio | artist = Curved Air | cover = AirCon.gif | alt = | caption = Picture disc "A'" side. | released = November 1970 | recorded = July 1970 | venue = | studio = Island Studios, London | genre = Progressive rock, art rock | length = 44:34[1] | label = Warner Bros. | producer = Mark Edwards | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Second Album | next_year = 1971 }}Air Conditioning is the first studio album by British progressive rock band Curved Air. It was released in November 1970 and reached number 8 in the UK albums chart in December 1970.[2] On the picture disc (subsequently used as the album cover) the album title was shown as "Airconditioning", while the subsequent green label issue had it as "Air Conditioning". Background and recordingThough Sonja Kristina is credited as the sole lyricist of "It Happened Today", in a series of interviews conducted from late 1998 through March 1999, Francis Monkman claimed to have conceived the song's title and basic lyrical concept.[3] Kristina concurred that Monkman came up with the title but asserts that the lyric "isn't really about anything specific."[4] In contrast, though "Propositions" is credited solely to Monkman, he denies having written the lyrics and suggests that they were written by Kristina. He explained the inspiration for the song's music: "I was a great fan of Terry Riley (having played in the 1st London performance of "In C" in 1968) and was very impressed by A Rainbow in Curved Air. Then I had a kind of "musical vision" of a high-energy rock sound going into a Terry-like tape-loop improvisation. That became "Propositions"..."[3] Both music and lyrics for "Situations" were written jointly by Darryl Way and Rob Martin. Martin recalled that their collaboration on the song was so tight that often each melody was produced alternately by first one composer, then the other. The lyric of "Hide and Seek" describes a post-apocalyptic scenario in which a lone survivor searches in vain for another living person; Sonja Kristina has stated that this lyric can be taken literally or symbolically. She commented, "It's a nightmare, the sort of thing when you dream about being left in an empty city."[4] Kristina's vocal on "Blind Man" was inspired by Donovan's performance on "Hurdy Gurdy Man".[4] Picture discThe album was the first vinyl picture disc[5] as a limited edition of 10,000.[6] Picture disc technology was in its infancy and this resulted in a level of surface noise. The disc was re-issued in conventional album format (the "Green Label" edition), with a photo of the original picture disc on the album cover. Reception{{Album ratings| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.0|5}}[7] }} Track listingSide one
Side two
One other song was recorded and released only on singles:
Personnel
Singles
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=4795 |title=CURVED AIR Air Conditioning music reviews and MP3 |publisher=progarchives.com |accessdate=22 December 2009 }} {{Curved Air}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=2733 |title=Chart Stats – Curved Air – Air Conditioning |publisher=chartstats.com |accessdate=22 December 2009 }} 3. ^1 Wynne, Richard. (1999) "Francis Monkman" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901202221/http://www.curvedair.com/Directions.htm |date=1 September 2009 }} (via link to "Francis". The Official Curved Air Website. 4. ^1 2 Welch, Chris (April 2011). "Curved Air – Airconditioning". In Airconditioning [CD booklet]. London: Blue Mountain Music. 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.curvedair.com/Directions.htm |title=Curved Air Home Page |publisher=curvedair.com |accessdate=28 August 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901202221/http://www.curvedair.com/Directions.htm |archivedate=1 September 2009 }} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Curved-Air-Airconditioning/release/1709548 |title=Curved Air – Airconditioning (12", Pic) at Discogs |publisher=discogs |accessdate=28 August 2009 }} 7. ^{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r34484|pure_url=yes}} |title=allmusic ((( Air Conditioning > Overview ))) |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=22 December 2009 }} 4 : 1970 debut albums|Curved Air albums|Warner Bros. Records albums|Art rock albums by English artists |
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