Divergence is the second album by the Dutch

 symphonic rock

Symphonic rock

Symphonic rock is a sub-genre of progressive rock. Since early in progressive rock's history, the term has been used sometimes to distinguish more classically influenced progressive rock from the more psychedelic and experimental forms of progressive rock....

 group Solution

Solution (band)

Solution were a Dutch progressive rock band that existed from 1970 to 1983, during which time they released six studio albums and one live album...

. It was released in 1972

1972 in music

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 on the EMI subsidiary Harvest Records

Harvest Records

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.

History

This album is among the most progressive by the group. It consists of three instrumental pieces ("Fever", "Theme" and the title track) next to three tracks with vocals, sung by Guus Willemse, who had joined the band in 1971.

Beginning as a piano-led song, "Second Line" "diverges" into a lengthy instrumental section which reprises a theme first heard in "Preview", from the album Solution

Solution (album)

Solution is the first album by the Dutch symphonic rock group Solution. It was released in 1971 on the Decca label.-History:It is the only Solution album to feature original vocalist and bassist Peter van der Sande, who was replaced by Guus Willemse around the time of the LP release. Van der Sande...

the previous year. Similarly, "Theme" is based on a motif from the introduction to "Concentration".

Part of the track "Divergence" was used by Focus

Focus (band)

Focus is a Dutch rock band which was founded by classically trained organist/flautist Thijs van Leer in 1969, and is most famous for the instrumental pieces "Hocus Pocus" and "Sylvia"...

 in their 1973 epic "Eruption", found on their 1971 album Focus II (Moving Waves). The section was titled "Tommy" after Solution saxophonist Tom Barlage. Consequently, the original song is perhaps the most well-known Solution track, owing to the success Focus enjoyed in the early seventies (Focus II is also home to the hit single "Hocus Pocus

Hocus Pocus (song)

"Hocus Pocus" is a 1971 instrumental from Focus II , the second album by Dutch rock group Focus. It was written by guitarist Jan Akkerman and flautist/keyboardist Thijs van Leer...

").

Divergence was reissued in 1976 as a double set with the first album, simply titled Solution. The shortest song, "Fever", was left off the subsequent reissue on Compact Disc

Compact Disc

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in 1988, but was included on The Ultimate Collection in 2006.

Track listing

1. "Second Line" (8:44)
   • (Waterman/Barlage/Willemse/Ennes)
2. "Divergence" (5:58)
   • (Waterman/Barlage/Willemse/Ennes)
3. "Fever" (4:22)
   • (Waterman/Barlage/Willemse/Ennes)
4. "Concentration" (12:28)
   • (Waterman/Barlage/Willemse/Ennes)
5. "Theme" (:38)
   • (Waterman/Barlage/Willemse/Ennes)
6. "New Dimension" (6:25)
   • (Waterman/Barlage/Willemse/Ennes)

Personnel

• Tom Barlage – saxophone, flute
• Willem Ennes – keyboards
• Guus Willemse – bass guitar, vocals
• Hans Waterman – drums

External links

• Official website run by Guus Willemse