Visions (Clearlight album)

Visions is a progressive rock album by Clearlight, released in 1978 on Celluloid / LTM Records in France. (LTM Records is specified on the cover, but the label says Celluloid Records.)

Visions
Studio album by
Clearlight
Released1978 (1978)
RecordedJune 1977, Studio Ramsès, Paris
GenreProgressive rock
Length37:40
LabelCelluloid / LTM
ProducerCyrille Verdeaux
Clearlight chronology
Les Contes du Singe Fou
(1976)
Visions
(1978)

Clearlight's final album set off in yet another new direction: while previous albums incorporated a new age element blended with other styles, this one is primarily a new age album, reflecting the emergence of new age music as a popular genre. The album is mostly instrumental, but has one song with lyrics and another with spoken word, both in French. Indian instruments such as sitar and tablas are prominent. "Fullmoon Raga" expands upon musical themes from "Master Builder" from Gong's You album, blending Indian music with rock music. The album also incorporates Clearlight's usual psychedelic jazz fusion jamming.

This edition of Clearlight played only one concert (the first since its UK tour in late 1975), at the Olympia in Paris on April 8, 1978, with a variation of the album's line-up: Verdeaux, Malherbe, Lockwood, Mandin, Melkonian and Bouladoux plus Jean-Michel Kajdan (guitar) and Mico Nissim (keyboards). It was badly attended, putting a premature end to the project. This would be the last manifestation of Clearlight until a one-off performance in 1988.

Track listing

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Side one

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  1. "Spirale d'amour" (Cyrille Verdeaux) – 7:20
  2. "Messe câline" (Verdeaux) – 6:30
  3. "Au royaume des mutants" (Verdeaux / Francis Mandin) – 6:00

Side two

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  1. "Fullmoon Raga" (Clearlight) – 10:55
  2. "Songe de cristal" (Verdeaux) – 3:50
  3. "Paix profonde" (Verdeaux / Patrick Depaumanou) – 3:05

Personnel

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produced by Cyrille Verdeaux

References

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