Lemmings is the first studio album by British progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 group Bachdenkel

Bachdenkel

Bachdenkel were an English rock group which came to life in and around the King's Heath area of Birmingham in the late 1960s, evolving out of a combo called "U No Who"....

. It was recorded over the summer of 1970 after the group relocated to France, but would not be released for nearly three years, in 1973, on Philips in France only. Later in 1978 it was released with 3 missing tracks on an enclosed EP by Initial Recording Company that was created by Karel Beer.

Side one

1. "Translation" 4:17
2. "Equals" 1:51
3. "An Appointment With The Master" 5:15
4. "The Settlement Song" 11:26

2007 ORK Records CD reissue bonus tracks

9. "The Slightest Distance" - 6:09 - From Lemmings EP originally released in 1978.
10. "Donna" 4:15 - From Lemmings EP originally released in 1978.
11. "A Thousand Pages Before" 6:35 - From Lemmings EP originally released in 1978.
12. "Through The Eyes of a Child" 4:01 - Unreleased 1969 single.
13. "An (other) Appointment With The Master" 3:42 - 1973 version.
14. "Strange People" 3:20 - Unreleased 1968 single, as "U Know Who".

Personnel (original album)

• Peter Kimberley: Six-string bass guitar, piano on "Equals", vocals
• Colin Swinburne: Guitar, organ, piano, vocals
• Brian Smith: Drums, percussion
• Karel Beer: Organ on "Come All Ye Faceless"