Recycled is the sixth album from English 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...

 band Nektar

Nektar

Nektar is a 1970s English progressive rock band originally based in Germany.- History :The band formed in Hamburg, Germany in 1969, members included Englishmen Roye Albrighton on guitars and vocals, Allan "Taff" Freeman on keyboards, Derek "Mo" Moore on bass, Ron Howden on drums, and Mick Brockett...

. It is a concept album addressing the band member's concerns about the environment. The songs on side one tell the tale of a nightmarish future in which only "recycled energy" remains, whilst the songs on side two revolve around more present-day concerns about tourism despoiling untouched wilderness.

Track listing

Side one

1. Recycle (2:47)
2. Cybernetic Consumption (2:32)
3. Recycle Countdown (1:51)
4. Automaton Horrorscope (3:08)
5. Recycling (1:46)
6. Flight to Reality (1:18)
7. Unendless Imagination? (4:36)

Side two

1. São Paulo Sunrise (3:05)
2. Costa del Sol (4:04)
3. Marvellous Moses (6:37)
4. It's All Over (5:11)

• RE ISSUE INCLUDES GEOFF EMERICK MIX
• 1975 release in Europe

Credits

• Roye Albrighton - lead vocals, guitars
• Mick Brockett - visual environment
• Alan "Taff" Freeman - keyboards, backing vocals
• Ron Howden - drums, percussion
• Derek "Mo" Moore - bass, backing vocals

Guests:

• Larry Fast
  Larry Fast
  Lawrence Roger 'Larry' Fast is a synthesizer expert and composer. He is best known for Synergy, his 1975–1987 series of synthesizer music albums, and for his contribution to a number of popular music acts, including Peter Gabriel, Foreigner, and Hall and Oates.- Biography :Fast grew up in...
  
  - orchestral Moog arrangements & playing
• The English Chorale conducted by Robert Howes, arranged by Christian Kolonovits

External links

• Recycled at TheNektarProject.com