The Green Album is a 1983 album by English musician Eddie Jobson

Eddie Jobson

Edwin "Eddie" Jobson is an English keyboardist and violinist noted for his use of synthesizers. He has been a member of several progressive rock bands, including Curved Air, Roxy Music, U.K., and Jethro Tull. He was also part of Frank Zappa's band in 1976-77...

, former member of Roxy Music

Roxy Music

Roxy Music was a British art rock band formed in 1971 by Bryan Ferry, who became the group's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson. The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson . Former members include Brian Eno , and Eddie Jobson...

, who had also played with Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...

 and Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull (band)

Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...

. Jobson performs keyboards, violins, and vocals on the album, the first and only time he sang lead. It features ex-Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists...

 guitarist Gary Green on some tracks along with other musicians loosely referred to as "Zinc". The album was re-released on CD during the 1990s by One Way Records but is now out of print.

The album features a mostly synthesiser based 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...

 sound and is a concept album

Concept album

In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

 of sorts, with inventive lyrics centreing around a somewhat Orwellian dystopic future society where everything is tinted green. At the end of the song "Listen to Reason" Jobson sings the line "Green is now, Pink is next". However, no "Pink Album" was ever recorded, even if it was planned. Jobson instead going on to briefly join Yes

Yes (band)

Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...

, then recording the album Theme of Secrets

Theme of Secrets

Theme of Secrets was a 'new age' album written and produced by Eddie Jobson, released in 1985. There are eight tracks on the album. "This masterpiece of soundscapes was created by using the Synclavier computer, and is a brilliant album from start to finish."- Features :A music video of one...

on the Private Music

Private Music

Private Music is a United States record company founded in 1984 by experimental musician Peter Baumann, as a home for instrumental music. Initially signing such artists as Yanni, Suzanne Ciani, Patrick O'Hearn, and Baumann's former bandmates Tangerine Dream, the record label specialized in New Age...

 label.
Demo versions of "Easy for You to Say", "Listen to Reason" and "Green Face" have been leaked to the public, and appear on some bootlegs. "Nostalgia" and "Walking from Pastel" were included (although in slightly different versions) in UK

UK (band)

U.K. were a short-lived British progressive rock supergroup active from 1977 until 1980.The band was composed of Singer/Bassist John Wetton, formerly of King Crimson, Bryan Ferry's band and Uriah Heep, Keyboardist/Electric Violinist Eddie Jobson, formerly of Curved Air, Roxy Music and Frank Zappa's...

's last tour and do appear on some bootlegs

Track listing

• All Songs Written By Eddie Jobson.

1. "Transporter" 1:11
2. "Resident" 6:01
3. "Easy for You to Say" 4:07
4. "Prelude" 2:30
5. "Nostalgia" 2:27
6. "Walking from Pastel" 2:07
7. "Turn It Over" 4:15
8. "Green Face" 4:22
9. "Who My Friends..." 6:31
10. "Colour Code" 1:05
11. "Listen to Reason" 5:56
12. "Through the Glass" 6:03
13. "Transporter II" 0:22

Personnel

• Eddie Jobson – vocals, keyboards, electric violin, vocoder
  Vocoder
  A vocoder is an analysis/synthesis system, mostly used for speech. In the encoder, the input is passed through a multiband filter, each band is passed through an envelope follower, and the control signals from the envelope followers are communicated to the decoder...
  
  
• Michael Barsimanto – drums on 6 tracks
• Jerry Watts – bass on 5 tracks
• Alon Oleartchik – bass on 4 tracks
• Nick Moroch – guitar on 4 tracks
• Michael Cuneo – guitar on 4 tracks
• Gary Green – guitar on 2 tracks
• Cary Sharaf – guitar on 1 track

-Doug Lunn- bass("Turn It Over" video only)

Production

• Arranged & Produced By Eddie Jobson
• Recorded & Engineered By Ray Bardani, Ron Cote & Paul Mandl