The Battle of Hastings (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Battle of Hastings

| type = Album

| artist = Caravan

| cover = Caravan_The_Battle_of_Hastings.jpg

| alt =

| released = 28 September 1995

| recorded = April – May 1995

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Progressive rock, Canterbury scene, hard rock

| length = 52:21

| label = Castle

| producer = Julian Gordon-Hastings

| prev_title = The Best of Caravan – Canterbury Tales

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Travelling Man

| next_year = 1998

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{{Album reviews

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.0|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r233277|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review]

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The Battle of Hastings is the twelfth album by the British Canterbury scene progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1995.[https://www.discogs.com/Caravan-The-Battle-Of-Hastings/release/2781308 Caravan - The Battle of Hastings (1995) album releases & credits at Discogs.com]

Track listing

  1. "It's a Sad, Sad Affair" (Pye Hastings) – 3:23
  2. "Somewhere in Your Heart" (Hastings) – 5:42
  3. "Cold as Ice" (Hastings) – 4:09
  4. "Liar" (Hastings) – 6:07
  5. "Don't Want Love" (Pye Hastings, Jimmy Hastings) – 6:48
  6. "Travelling Ways" (Dave Sinclair) – 3:51
  7. "This Time" (Hastings) – 5:19
  8. "If It Wasn't for Your Ego" (Hastings) – 3:36
  9. "It's Not Real" (Hastings) – 5:29
  10. "Wendy Wants Another 6" Mole" (Hastings) – 2:25
  11. "I Know Why You're Laughing" (Hastings) – 5:32

Personnel

;Caravan

  • Pye Hastings – lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, Leslie guitar, harmony vocals
  • Geoff Richardson – viola, violin, clarinet, acoustic & electric guitar, mandolin, tambourine, wind, kalimba, shaker, amplifiers, harmony vocals
  • Dave Sinclair – keyboards, harmony vocals
  • Jim Leverton – bass guitar, harmony vocals; lead vocals on "Travelling Ways"
  • Richard Coughlan – drums

;Additional personnel

  • Jimmy Hastings – flute, piccolo flute, alto flute, bass flute, clarinet, soprano sax, tenor sax

Releases information

  • 1999: Castle 520
  • 1996: CD HTD 41
  • 2002: CD Castle 72042
  • 1995: CD Castle 41

References

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