Barclay James Harvest's sensibly titled 1970 debut album was one of the uns… Read Full Bio ↴Barclay James Harvest's sensibly titled 1970 debut album was one of the unsung classics of the late '60s, a post-psychedelic pop album that posits a peculiar collision between the Bee Gees' vision of classic grandeur and the heftier sounds leaking out of the rock underground. Add Norman Smith's epic production and one cannot help thinking that if the Pretty Things had ever looked elsewhere for their follow-up to S.F. Sorrow, Barclay James Harvest could have handed it to them on a plate. The opening "Taking Some Time On" is absolutely phenomenal, churning and riffing on the one hand, positively hymnal on the other -- and poised, during its chorus, to plunge into a virtual dry run for R.E.M.'s "Talk About the Weather." Elsewhere, "When the World Was Woken" is unmistakably daubed in a whiter shade of Procol Harum, while the 12-minute closer, "Dark Now My Sky," is simply spellbinding. Barclay James Harvest ranks among the finest albums of the entire early prog boom.
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Barclay James Harvest
Barclay James Harvest Lyrics
Dark Now My Sky Don't ask me how I know But this dark sky will…
Good Love Child Get up, get up, get up, child Get off your knees Take…
Mother Dear Oh Mother dear What a night this has been I awoke in…
Taking Some Time On Let's come on and get together Like the sky gets to…
The Iron Maiden She walks on through the night Her circumstances slight Are …
The Sun Will Never Shine In corridors of air the clouds were waiting there They knew…
When The World Was Woken When the world was woken Save all unknowing eyes And thought…