Blackwater Park (band)
Encyclopedia
Blackwater Park was a progressive hard rock
band
from Berlin
, Germany
, with an English
vocalist. They released only one album, Dirt Box, which included a cover
of The Beatles
' "For No One
". The album was originally released in 1971 and re-released in 1990.
(All tracks accredited to Blackwater Park unless stated)
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
from Berlin
Berlin
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, Germany
Germany
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, with an English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
vocalist. They released only one album, Dirt Box, which included a cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
' "For No One
For No One
"For No One" is a song written by Paul McCartney that originally appeared on The Beatles' seventh album, Revolver. A baroque pop song about the end of a relationship, it was one of McCartney's most mature and poignant works upon its release...
". The album was originally released in 1971 and re-released in 1990.
Line-up
- Richard Routledge (vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
) - Michael Fechner (guitar)
- Andreas Scholz (bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) - Norbert Kagelmann (drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s)
Dirt Box (1971)
- "Mental Block" - 3:18
- "Roundabout" - 5:27
- "One's Life" - 3:09
- "Indian Summer" - 6:16
- "Dirty Face" - 4:30
- "Rock Song" - 8:46
- "For No One" - 3:29 (Lennon/McCartneyLennon/McCartneyThe Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history...
)
(All tracks accredited to Blackwater Park unless stated)