Moroccan Roll

Moroccan Roll
Moroccan Roll
Studio album by Brand X
Released	April 1977
Recorded	December 1976–January 1977
Studio	Trident Studios and Morgan Studios (London, UK).
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	49:30
Label	Charisma (UK); Passport (USA)
Producer	Dennis Mackay
Brand X chronology

Moroccan Roll (1977) is the second studio album by British jazz fusion group Brand X.^[3] The title is a pun referring to this being their second album: "more rock and roll", however, Moroccan Roll is not a step toward the rock and roll side of the fusion equation, but rather an experiment with Eastern sounds and softer textures.^[4] The album is mostly instrumental. "Sun in the Night" contains vocals sung by Brand X drummer Phil Collins in Sanskrit. "Disco Suicide" and "Maybe I'll Lend You Mine After All" also contain vocals, although they are wordless.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide	^[2]

Track listing

Side one

"Sun in the Night" (John Goodsall) – 4:25
"Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You've Broken Yours Off Already)..." (Phil Collins) – 11:16
"...Maybe I'll Lend You Mine after All" (Collins) – 2:10
"Hate Zone" (Goodsall) – 4:41
"Collapsar" (Robin Lumley) – 1:33

Side two

"Disco Suicide" (Lumley) – 7:55
"Orbits" (Percy Jones) – 1:38
"Malaga Virgen" (Jones) – 8:28
"Macrocosm" (Goodsall) – 7:24

Personnel

Based on the album credits of original vinyl release.

Robin Lumley – Fender Rhodes electric piano, acoustic piano, Minimoog, ARP Odyssey, Roland string synthesizer, clavinet, Pulsar, space echo, backing vocals, autoharp (5)
John Goodsall – electric guitars, acoustic guitars, sitar (1), space echo, backing vocals
Percy Jones – Fender bass, autoharp (7), marimba (8)
Phil Collins – drums, lead vocals, acoustic piano (3)
Morris Pert – percussion

Production

Dennis Mackay – producer
Brand X – associate producers
Stephen W. Tayler – engineer, mixing
Chris Tsangarides – tape operator
John Brand – tape operator
Geoff Leach – tape operator
Neil Ross – tape operator
Ray Staff – mastering
Hipgnosis – sleeve design, cover photography
George Hardie – sleeve design
Rob Brimson – band photography

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart^[5]	37

References

^ Connolly, Dave. "Moroccan Roll Brand X". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 46.
^ Perrone, Pierre (24 July 2010). "Morris Pert". The Independent. p. 46.
^ "AOL Radio powered by Slacker". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
^ "The Official Charts Company - Brand X - Moroccan Roll". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-01-09.

External links

"Brand X (3) - Moroccan Roll at Discogs". www.discogs.com. 1977. Retrieved 2010-01-09.

[1] Connolly, Dave. "Moroccan Roll Brand X". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[2] The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 46.

[3] Perrone, Pierre (24 July 2010). "Morris Pert". The Independent. p. 46.

[4] "AOL Radio powered by Slacker". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2012-04-01.

[5] "The Official Charts Company - Brand X - Moroccan Roll". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-01-09.

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