Modern Masquerades

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{{Infobox album

| name = Modern Masquerades

| type = studio

| artist = Fruupp

| cover = Fruupp - Modern Masquerades.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = 14 November 1975

| recorded = August – September 1975

| venue =

| studio = Basing Street, London

| genre = Progressive rock

| length = {{Duration|m=49|s=00}}

| label = Dawn

| producer = Ian McDonald

| prev_title = The Prince of Heaven's Eyes

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Modern Masquerades

| type = studio

| single1 = Janet Planet" b/w "Why

| single1date = 24 October 1975

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic | class = album | id = modern-masquerades-mw0000475522 | label = Fruupp: "Modern Masquerades" > Review | first = | last = | accessdate = 18 April 2018}}

}}

Modern Masquerades is the fourth and final studio album by Northern Irish progressive rock band Fruupp, released on 14 November 1975 in the United Kingdom on the Pye label's underground and progressive music imprint Dawn Records. Recorded from August to September 1975 at Basing Street Studios in London, it was produced by multi-instrumental musician Ian McDonald, best known as a founding member of King Crimson and Foreigner.{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fruupp-mn0000739857/biography | title = Fruupp – Biography & History | last = Collins | first = Paul | website = AllMusic | access-date = 12 December 2016}} In addition to the production role, McDonald also played alto saxophone and percussion.

Modern Masquerades proved to be the only Fruupp's recording without founding keyboardist Stephen Houston who had been replaced by John Mason in early 1975. The supporting tour commenced in Hastings on 5 December 1975 and finished in Manchester on 2 February 1976.{{cite web | url = http://paulcharlesbooks.com/fruupp.php | title = The Fruupp Story – Part 4: Modern Masquerades | last = Charles | first = Paul | date = January 2009 | website = Paul Charles Books | access-date = 12 December 2016}}

American hip-hop artist Talib Kweli used "Sheba's Song" as the basis for his track "Soon the New Day" from the album Eardrum (2007) which reached number 2 on the US Billboard 200 chart.