Listen Now
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Listen Now is the second album and debut studio album
by 801
, released in November 1976. In 1977, hoping to capitalise on the success of 801 Live, the band recorded and released a studio album with additional collaborating musicians including Tim Finn
of Split Enz
. The album personnel relies much on the help of session musicians, and there has been a change of personnel. Only Phil Manzanera
and Bill MacCormick
remain important members of the band, while Francis Monkman
, Simon Phillips
and Eno
are treated as sidekicks. Lloyd Watson
left the project altogether. Vocal duties were shared by Simon Ainley and MacCormick. The album was first rereleased on CD by EG Records without bonus tracks and in 2000 by Virgin with three tracks previously unavailable. The "Flight 19" b-side "Car Rhumba" was rereleased on the CD version of Phil Manzanera's Diamond Head
as "Carhumba". One track, "Rude Awakening", was a leftover from the original session, while the remaining two tracks ("Blue Gray Uniform" and "Remote Control") are demos recorded at PLS studios. "Remote Control" was re-recorded and ended up on Manzanera's 1978 album K-Scope.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by 801
801 (band)
801 were an English experimental rock band that were originally formed in 1976 for three live concerts by*Phil Manzanera *Brian Eno...
, released in November 1976. In 1977, hoping to capitalise on the success of 801 Live, the band recorded and released a studio album with additional collaborating musicians including Tim Finn
Tim Finn
Brian Timothy "Tim" Finn, OBE is a New Zealand singer and musician. Finn is most known for his music with New Zealand 1970s and 1980s rock group Split Enz, and later for his solo work, a temporary membership in his brother Neil's band Crowded House and his joint efforts with Neil Finn as the Finn...
of Split Enz
Split Enz
Split Enz were a New Zealand band of the 1970s and early 1980s featuring Phil Judd and brothers Tim Finn and Neil Finn. They achieved chart success in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada during the early 1980s ‒ most notably with the single "I Got You", and built a cult following elsewhere...
. The album personnel relies much on the help of session musicians, and there has been a change of personnel. Only Phil Manzanera
Phil Manzanera
Phil Manzanera is a musician and record producer. He is the lead guitarist with Roxy Music. In 2006 Manzanera co-produced David Gilmour's album On An Island and played in Gilmour's band for tours in Europe and North America...
and Bill MacCormick
Bill MacCormick
Bill MacCormick is an English bassist and vocalist. He was a member of the bands Quiet Sun with Phil Manzanera, brother Ian MacCormick and others; Matching Mole with Robert Wyatt and others; 801 with Manzanera, Brian Eno and others; and Random Hold...
remain important members of the band, while Francis Monkman
Francis Monkman
Francis Monkman is an English rock, classical and film score composer, and a founding member of the progressive rock band Curved Air.-Career:...
, Simon Phillips
Simon Phillips
Simon Phillips is an English jazz, pop and rock drummer.-Career:Phillips began to play professionally at the age of twelve in his father's Dixieland band for four years. He was then offered the chance to play in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar...
and Eno
Eno
- Music :* English National Opera, located at the Coliseum Theatre in St. Martin's Lane* Eno, an album by Japanese band Polysics* "Eno", a song by X-Wife from Rockin' Rio EP- Places :* Eno, Finland, a former municipality, now part of Joensuu...
are treated as sidekicks. Lloyd Watson
Lloyd Watson
Lloyd Watson is an English rock and blues guitarist.Born to a Jamaican father and an English mother, Watson's early influences covered the whole spectrum of both black and white music...
left the project altogether. Vocal duties were shared by Simon Ainley and MacCormick. The album was first rereleased on CD by EG Records without bonus tracks and in 2000 by Virgin with three tracks previously unavailable. The "Flight 19" b-side "Car Rhumba" was rereleased on the CD version of Phil Manzanera's Diamond Head
Diamond Head (album)
Diamond Head is the first solo album by Phil Manzanera, issued in 1975. It was originally issued in the UK on Island and in US on Atco...
as "Carhumba". One track, "Rude Awakening", was a leftover from the original session, while the remaining two tracks ("Blue Gray Uniform" and "Remote Control") are demos recorded at PLS studios. "Remote Control" was re-recorded and ended up on Manzanera's 1978 album K-Scope.
Side One
- "Listen Now" (Bill MacCormick/Ian MacCormick/Phil Manzanera) - 7:56
- "Flight 19" (Ian MacCormick/Manzanera) - 5:33
- "Island" (Manzanera) - 5:20
- "Law and Order" (Bill MacCormick/Manzanera) - 4:06
Side Two
- "¿Que?" (Manzanera) - 1:18
- "City of Light" (Bill MacCormick/Manzanera) - 7:09
- "Initial Speed" (Manzanera) - 4:44
- "Postcard Love" (Bill MacCormick/Manzanera) - 4:34
- "That Falling Feeling" (Ian MacCormick/Manzanera) - 5:15
2000 Virgin CD version
- "Listen Now" (Bill MacCormick/Ian MacCormick/Phil Manzanera) - 7:57
- "Flight 19" (Ian MacCormick/Manzanera) - 5:28
- "Island" (Manzanera) - 5:18
- "Law and Order" (Bill MacCormick/Manzanera) - 4:07
- "Rude Awakening" (Manzanera) - 1:10
- "¿Que?" (Manzanera) - 1:18
- "City of Light" (Bill MacCormick/Manzanera) - 7:09
- "Initial Speed" (Manzanera) - 4:44
- "Postcard Love" (Bill MacCormick/Manzanera) - 4:34
- "That Falling Feeling" (Ian MacCormick/Manzanera) - 5:15
- "Blue Gray Uniform" (Peter Wheeler) - 2:54
- "Remote Control" (Ian MacCormick) - 4:15
Personnel
- Phil ManzaneraPhil ManzaneraPhil Manzanera is a musician and record producer. He is the lead guitarist with Roxy Music. In 2006 Manzanera co-produced David Gilmour's album On An Island and played in Gilmour's band for tours in Europe and North America...
- guitar, acoustic piano, Hammond organ - EnoBrian EnoBrian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
- guitar treatment, chorus piano, synthesizer - Simon Ainley - lead vocals
- Bill MacCormickBill MacCormickBill MacCormick is an English bassist and vocalist. He was a member of the bands Quiet Sun with Phil Manzanera, brother Ian MacCormick and others; Matching Mole with Robert Wyatt and others; 801 with Manzanera, Brian Eno and others; and Random Hold...
- bass, vocals - Ian MacCormickIan MacDonaldIan MacCormick was a British music critic and author, best known for Revolution in the Head, his forensic history of The Beatles which borrowed techniques from art historians, and The New Shostakovich, a controversial study of the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich...
- vocals - Tim FinnTim FinnBrian Timothy "Tim" Finn, OBE is a New Zealand singer and musician. Finn is most known for his music with New Zealand 1970s and 1980s rock group Split Enz, and later for his solo work, a temporary membership in his brother Neil's band Crowded House and his joint efforts with Neil Finn as the Finn...
- vocals - Kevin GodleyKevin GodleyKevin Godley is a British musician and music video director.He was born in a family of Jewish descent, and went to North Cestrian Grammar School in Altrincham....
- vocals, percussion - Lol CremeLol CrèmeLol Creme is an English musician and music video director, best known for his work in 10cc. He sings, plays guitar and keyboards.-Biography:...
- vocals - Billy LivseyBilly LivseyBilly Livsey is an American songwriter, keyboardist, and producer from Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked for many musicians including Tina Turner, Kevin Ayers, 801, Gerry Rafferty, Five Star, and Kenny Rogers.-References:*...
- clarinet, Wurlitzer piano, Fender Rhodes - Mel CollinsMel CollinsMel Collins is a British saxophonist and flautist and session musician.He has worked in a wide variety of contexts ranging from R&B and blues rock to jazz, but is perhaps known for his work in progressive rock, as with King Crimson, Camel and the Alan Parsons Project.-Career:Collins has worked...
- soprano saxophone - John WhiteJohn White-Musicians:* John White , English musician* John White , American country music singer, writer on the genre of western music* John Simon White , American vocal coach and opera director-Politicians:...
- tuba - Eddie JobsonEddie JobsonEdwin "Eddie" Jobson is an English keyboardist and violinist noted for his use of synthesizers. He has been a member of several progressive rock bands, including Curved Air, Roxy Music, U.K., and Jethro Tull. He was also part of Frank Zappa's band in 1976-77...
- acoustic piano, Fender piano - Eddie RaynerEddie RaynerEddie Rayner , is a New Zealand musician who has played in bands such as Split Enz, Space Waltz, Crowded House, The Makers and 801....
- acoustic piano - Francis MonkmanFrancis MonkmanFrancis Monkman is an English rock, classical and film score composer, and a founding member of the progressive rock band Curved Air.-Career:...
- Fender Rhodes, synthesizer - Rhett DaviesRhett DaviesRhett Davies is an English record producer and engineer.Rhett Davies' father was trumpet player Ray Davies; they are no relation to Ray Davies of The Kinks. Davies became a studio engineer at Island Records studios in the early 1970s, and his first session was the recording process for Brian Eno's...
- Hammond organ - Simon PhillipsSimon PhillipsSimon Phillips is an English jazz, pop and rock drummer.-Career:Phillips began to play professionally at the age of twelve in his father's Dixieland band for four years. He was then offered the chance to play in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar...
- drums, percussion - Dave MattacksDave MattacksDave Mattacks is a rock and folk drummer. Best known for his work with Fairport Convention, Mattacks has also worked both as a session musician, and as a performance artist...
- drums - Alan Lee - background vocals