Thousands on a Raft
{{Infobox album
| name = Thousands on a Raft
| type = Studio
| artist = Pete Brown and Piblokto!
| cover = ThousandsOnARaft.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 1970
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| venue =
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| genre = Rock
| length =
| label = Harvest
| producer = Pete Brown
| prev_title = Things May Come and Things May Go but the Art School Dance Goes on Forever
| prev_year = 1970
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| next_year =
}}
Thousands on a Raft is the second album by Pete Brown and Piblokto!, released in 1970 on Harvest Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/thousands-on-a-raft-mw0000740559|title=Thousands On A Raft|first=Chris|last=Nickson|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=24 February 2015}}
Background
The album was the second one on which Brown and guitarist Jim Mullen collaborated. The album was the first to be released in the US in January 1972 on Blue Horizon.{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Blue Horizon Product Deal|date=30 October 1971|page=3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0QgEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22pete+brown%22+%22thousands+on+a+raft%22&pg=PA3}}
Cover
The album cover shows models of the Mauretania and Concorde sinking into water alongside beans on toast.
Track listing
{{track listing
|all_writing = Pete Brown and Jim Mullen, except where indicated
|headline=Side one
|title1=Aeroplane Head Woman
|length1=6:44
|title2=Station Song Platform Two
|length2=3:43
|title3=Highland Song
|length3=17:04
|writer3=Mullen
}}
{{track listing
|headline=Side two
|title4=If They Could Only See Me Now, Parts 1–2
|length4=12:07
|writer4=Mullen
|title5=Got a Letter from a Computer
|length5=5:51
|title6=Thousands on a Raft
|length6=7:07
}}
Personnel
- Pete Brown – vocals, talking drum, conga
- Jim Mullen – guitar, bass guitar on "Station Song Platform Two", percussion
- Dave Thompson – keyboards, soprano saxophone, Mellotron on "Station Song Platform Two", percussion
- Steve Glover – bass guitar, percussion
- Rob Tait – drums, percussion{{cite AV media notes|url=http://rarerecordcollector.cfhdesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/shvl782-gatefold.jpg|title=Thousands On A Raft|publisher=Harvest Records|id=SHVL 782}}