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词条 The Story of I
释义

  1. Overview

  2. Reception

  3. Track listing

  4. Personnel

  5. Charts

  6. Production

  7. In popular culture

  8. References

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| alt =
| released = June 1976
| recorded = Autumn 1975
| venue =
| studio = Aquarius Studio, Geneva
| genre = {{hlist|Progressive rock|world music|jazz fusion}}
| length = 46:17
| label = Charisma
Atlantic (US/Canada)
| producer = Patrick Moraz
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Out in the Sun
| next_year = 1977
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Inner sleeve
| type = Studio album
| cover = Sory of i Sleeve.jpg
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The Story of I is the first solo album by former Yes keyboard player Patrick Moraz, released in June 1976.

Overview

After the success of Relayer, the band Yes made a decision that next, each member would make a solo album. The Story of I is the first solo album by Patrick Moraz. By the time the album was released, Moraz was still touring with Yes but he was let go by the band in late 1976 after Rick Wakeman was booked on a session musician basis during the Going for the One recording sessions in Switzerland.

The album is based around a romantic story of a massive tower in the middle of a jungle. The tower lures people from all over the world to go inside it. Inside the tower, people are able to experience their wildest desires and fantasies. The only rule is that the people inside the tower may not fall in love with each other. However two people inside do so and decide to escape since the tower acts also as a prison which inhabitants are slaves of their own desires.

The album consists of fourteen tracks related to the story. The album, particularly the percussion section, is strongly influenced by Brazilian music. Much of the Latin percussion was recorded in Rio de Janeiro over two days in August 1975 and dubbed on to the tracks. The album uses pitch-bend controls on the synth/organ notes. The Story of I was chosen as the album of the year by Keyboard Magazine.{{cn|date=November 2013}}

Reception

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| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[1]
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}}Allmusic's retrospective review praised the album's blending of styles, finding in the various tracks "hints of funk and marimba, Caribbean and South American styles, and even flamenco, all guided by Moraz's whirlwind keyboard playing." They also made special note of Andy Newmark's drumming and the strong variety of instruments, and concluded, "The Story of I is a refreshing twist from this progressive craftsman and can sincerely be appreciated by all audiences."[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Patrick Moraz & John McBurnie (McBurnie's input is mostly limited to the lyrics in English). The tracks are joined into each other except at the point between tracks 7 and 8, where the LP went from side A to side B, but keyboard figures at the end of (7) and the beginning of (8) mimic how a seamless passage would have been made at the time if it had been possible to do without a break.

  1. "Impact" (3:31)
  2. "Warmer Hands" (3:31)
  3. "The Storm" (0:52)
  4. "Cachaça (Baião)" (4:07)
  5. "Intermezzo" (2:49)
  6. "Indoors" (3:44)
  7. "Best Years of Our Lives" (3:59)
  8. "Descent" (1:43)
  9. "Incantation (Procession)" (1:51) (includes a brief piece of a field recording of Amazon Indian music)
  10. "Dancing Now" (4:38)
  11. "Impressions (The Dream)" (2:49)
  12. "Like a Child in Disguise" (4:05)
  13. "Rise and Fall" (5:34)
  14. "Symphony in the Space" (2:56)

Personnel

  • Patrick Moraz - keyboards, piano, synthesizers, organ, marimbaphone, additional assorted percussion
  • John McBurnie - lead vocals
  • Vivienne McAuliffe - vocals and additional lead vocals
  • Ray Gomez - electric lead and rhythm guitars
  • Jean de Antoni - electric lead and rhythm guitars
  • Jeff Berlin - electric basses
  • Alphonse Mouzon - drums (1-7)
  • Andy Newmark - drums (8-14)
  • The Percussionists of Rio de Janeiro

Charts

Year Chart Position
1976 Billboard Pop Albums132

Production

  • Arranged & Produced By Patrick Moraz
  • Recorded & Engineered By Chris 'Snoopy' Penycate & 'Professor' Jean Ristori

In popular culture

  • Sections of the album were used as background music in the first radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, e.g. Cachaça (Baião) used as a loop behind the news bulletin about Zaphod Beeblebrox stealing the Heart Of Gold spaceship in Fit The Second.

References

1. ^{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r45062|first=Mike|last=DeGagne}}
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