Orange is Al Stewart

Al Stewart

Al Stewart is a Scottish singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician.Stewart came to stardom as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s, and developed his own unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of the great characters and events from history.He is...

's fourth studio album originally released in 1972, and re-released in 1996 and 2007 on CD

Compact Disc

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. Generally regarded as a 'transitional album' between the confessional folk sounds of his first three albums, and the historically-themed albums of his more successful mid-1970s period. The album includes Rick Wakeman

Rick Wakeman

Richard Christopher Wakeman is an English keyboard player, composer and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes...

 on piano.

Original LP release

1. "You Don't Even Know Me" – 4:00
2. "Amsterdam" – 2:56
3. "Songs Out of Clay" – 4:16
4. "The News from Spain" – 6:34
5. "I Don't Believe You
   I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
   "I Don't Believe You " is a 1964 song by Bob Dylan, from his fourth studio album, Another Side of Bob Dylan....
   
   " (Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan
   Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
   
   ) – 3:38
6. "Once an Orange, Always an Orange" – 4:18
7. "I'm Falling" – 4:28
8. "Night of the 4th of May" – 6:27

2007 Collector's Choice Music edition

1. "You Don't Even Know Me" - 4:00
2. "Amsterdam" - 2:56
3. "Songs Out of Clay" - 4:16
4. "The News from Spain" - 6:38
5. "I Don't Believe You" (Dylan) - 3:37
6. "Once an Orange, Always an Orange" - 4:18
7. "I'm Falling" - 4:29
8. "Night of the 4th of May" - 6:28
9. "Soho (Needless to Say)" - 4:00
10. "Elvaston Place" - 2:52
11. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (Paul Anka
    Paul Anka
    Paul Albert Anka, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit songs like "Diana'", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"...
    
    ) - 2:25

Personnel

• Al Stewart - vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Rick Wakeman
  Rick Wakeman
  Richard Christopher Wakeman is an English keyboard player, composer and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes...
  
   - keyboards
• Tim Renwick
  Tim Renwick
  Timothy John Pearson 'Tim' Renwick is an English guitarist.-Career:Renwick started playing guitar in the 1960s. He performed with many bands, including Little Women, Wages of Sin, Junior's Eyes, The Hype, Quiver and Lazy Racer...
  
   - guitar
• Bob Andrews
  Bob Andrews (keyboardist)
  Robert Charles "Bob" Andrews is an English keyboardist and saxophonist. He played with Brinsley Schwarz and Graham Parker's backing band, The Rumour, which he left in 1980.-References:...
  
   - keyboards
• Cal Batchelor - guitar
• John Donnelly - background vocals
• Graham Hunt - drums
• Brian Odgers - bass
• Roger Pope - drums
• Kevin Powers - background vocals
• Brinsley Schwarz
  Brinsley Schwarz (musician)
  Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz is an English guitarist and rock musician. He formed a band named Kippington Lodge in 1965, which evolved into the eponymous band Brinsley Schwarz...
  
   - guitar
• Bruce Thomas
  Bruce Thomas
  Bruce Thomas is best known as bassist for The Attractions; the band formed in 1977 to back Elvis Costello in concert and on record....
  
   - bass
• Tim Walker - Spanish guitar
• Mick Welton - background vocals
• John Wilson - drums
• David Hentschel
  David Hentschel
  David Hentschel is an English recording engineer, writer and music producer who engineered on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass and Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, as well as with artists including Genesis, Elton John, Ringo Starr, Queen, Marti Webb, Andy Summers, Mike Oldfield, Peter...
  
  - engineer