Wings of Love is the third album by the Italian progressive rock

Italian progressive rock

The Italian progressive rock scene was born in the early 70s, mostly inspired by the progressive movement in Britain, but with certain features of its own that makes some sources mention it as a separate musical genre....

/jazz fusion

Jazz fusion

Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...

 band Nova

Nova (Italian band)

Nova was an Italian progressive rock/jazz fusion band that was formed in 1975 from members of the bands Osanna and Cervello. Based in London for most of their career, they released four albums that are influenced by the 1970s jazz fusion styles of bands such as Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report...

. It was released on the Arista

Arista Records

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 label in 1977.

The album features a mixture of instrumentals and songs, with lead vocals shared between Corrado Rustici and Barry Johnson. The new band members, Johnson on bass and Ric Parnell on drums, both contribute to a more funk-influenced sound than heard on the previous album, Vimana.

Track listing

1. "You Are Light" (D'Anna, Rustici) — 6:20
2. "Marshall Dillon" (Rustici, Johnson, Rosset, D'Anna) — 3:57
3. "Blue Lake" (Rustici, D'Anna, Ric Parnell
   Ric Parnell
   Richard "Ric" J. Parnell is an English rock drummer. Although notable for his work in the band Atomic Rooster, he probably best known for his role as the ill-fated drummer Mick Shrimpton in the film This is Spinal Tap....
   
   ) — 6:54
4. "Beauty Dream - Beauty Flame" (Rustici, D'Anna, Rosset) — 6:25
5. "Golden Sky Boat" (Rustici, Johnson, D'Anna) — 6:09
6. "Lovliness About You" (Rustici, Sedgwick) — 5:55
7. "Inner Star" (Johnson, Rosset, Parnell) — 6:37
8. "Last Silence" (Johnson, Rosset) — 5:11

• Recorded and mixed at Trident Studios, London, June - July 1977

Musicians

• Elio D'Anna: soprano, tenor, alto and baritone saxophones, flutes
• Corrado Rustici: lead guitar, 6 & 12 string acoustic guitars, glockenspiel, triangle, gong, lead vocals
• Renato Rosset: Fender Rhodes piano, acoustic piano, mini moog
  Minimoog
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  , poly moog
  Polymoog
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  , clavinet, Hammond organ
• Barry Johnson: bass guitar, wind chimes, lead vocals on Inner Star and You are Light
• Ric Parnell
  Ric Parnell
  Richard "Ric" J. Parnell is an English rock drummer. Although notable for his work in the band Atomic Rooster, he probably best known for his role as the ill-fated drummer Mick Shrimpton in the film This is Spinal Tap....
  
  : drums, percussion

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