Artist: Michael de Albuquerque Title Of Album: We May Be Cattle But We've All Got Names Year Of Release: 1973/2024 Label: TLAK Country: UK Genre: Art prog funk jazz rock, Audio codec: FLAC | lossless
The bass player and vocalist for classical rock band, Electric Light Orchestra from 1973 to 1974, Michael D'Albuquerquehas continued to explore the furthest realms of his music. His two solo albums, We May All Be Cattle But We've All Got Names, released in 1973, and Stalking The Sleeper, released three years later, are masterpieces of early progressive rock.
D'Albuquerque's most ambitious outing may have been the short-lived group, Violinksi,featuring Electric Light Orchestra violinist Michael Kaminski, John Hodgson and John Marcancelo. Replacing founding bass player Baz Dunnery in 1978, D'Albuquerque was featured on the band's debut album, Discovery. A top twenty hit in the UK, the album was released solely as a promo in North America. The album was finally released in the United States, in 1982, under the title, Whirling Dervish. D'Albuquerque also played an important role on Violinski's second album, Stop Claning About, released in 1980. The lead singer on half of the tracks, he wrote three tunes on the album.
Tracks
- Dribble Dribble - 5:22
- Oh Woman - 6:12
- Occasion - 5:04
- We May Be Cattle But We've All Got Names - 4:22
- Do Right - 4:54
- My Darling Girl - 4:07
- Sweet Mirth - 5:57
- Catharsis - 6:26
- Lonely (Bonus Track) - 3:29
Musicians Michael d'Albuquerque - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals Ollie Halsall - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals Alan Skidmore - Saxophone B.J. Cole - Steel Guitar Brian Bennett - Drums Chris Laurence - Bass Chris Pine - Trombone David Katz - Orchestra Contractor, Violin Frank Ricotti - Percussion Gerry Conway - Drums Gordon Beck - Keyboards Henry Lowther - Trumpet John Taylor - Keyboards John Uckeridge - Trumpet Robin Sylvester - Bass Stan Sulzmann - Saxophone