Pompeii (album)
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Pompeii is an album
by German
progressive rock
group Triumvirat
. The band released the album under the name of "The New Triumvirat" due to temporary legal squabbles over the original name.
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 German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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 Triumvirat
Triumvirat
Triumvirat was a German progressive rock trio that formed in 1969 in Cologne, Germany. The founding members were: keyboardist/composer Hans-Jürgen Fritz , drummer/lyricist Hans Bathelt, and bassist Werner Frangenberg....
. The band released the album under the name of "The New Triumvirat" due to temporary legal squabbles over the original name.
Track listing
- "The Earthquake 62 A.D." (Fritz) - 6:18
- "Journey of a Fallen Angel" (Fritz) - 6:15
- "Viva Pompeii" (Fritz/Cress) - 4:16
- "The Time of Your Life" (Sondra and Jürgen Fritz) - 4:35
- "The Rich Man and the Carpenter" (Fritz) - 5:57
- "Dance on the Volcano" (Fritz) - 3:31
- "Vesuvius 79 A.D." (Fritz) - 6:40
- "The Hymn" (Fritz) - 7:04
Personnel
- Curt Cress - percussion
- Jürgen FritzJürgen FritzJürgen Fritz is a German musician. He was the keyboard player in progressive rock band Triumvirat.- Albums :* 1972 – Mediterranean Tales by Triumvirat* 1974 – Illusions On A Double Dimple by Triumvirat...
- keyboards, percussion - Barry PalmerBarry Palmer (British singer)Barry Palmer, born 1958 in England, is a British singer who was one of Mike Oldfield's vocalists around 1984.-Biography and career:Barry Palmer's music career began in 1976, when he became a lead vocalist of the German rock band Triumvirat, with which he recorded three albums...
- vocals - Dieter Petereit - bass guitars