Shine On Brightly

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Shine On Brightly · After the hits A Whiter Shade of Pale and Homburg, Procol Harum released a second album in September 1968. On paper Denny Cordell produced the record, but halfway through the recording he and the band parted ways, partly because he wanted to place drummer B.J. Wilson with Joe Cocker. Most of the production work was then done by Tony Visconti.

The record is regarded as an early example of progressive rock. The opening track Quite Rightly So is about a broken love. Rambling On tells of a boy who wants to imitate Batman and jumps off a roof. The great closer is In Held 'Twas In I, a suite that takes up almost a whole side and consists of several parts. The single fell short of the first two, but in the United States the album sold better than the debut. Rolling Stone was unfavourable, but AllMusic later called the suite bolder than anything The Nice or The Moody Blues made.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Quite Rightly So (2009 Remaster)3:44Apple Music ↗
2. 2Shine On Brightly (2009 Remaster)3:34Apple Music ↗
3. 3Skip Softly (My Moonbeams) [2009 Remaster]3:48Apple Music ↗
4. 4Wish Me Well (2009 Remaster)3:22Apple Music ↗
5. 5Rambling On (2009 Remaster)4:33Apple Music ↗
6. 6Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone) [2009 Remaster]2:52Apple Music ↗
7. 7In Held 'Twas In I: A) Glimpses of Nirvana (2009 Remaster)4:27Apple Music ↗
8. 8In Held 'Twas In I: b) Twas Teatime at the Circus (2009 Remaster)1:18Apple Music ↗
9. 9In Held 'Twas In I: c) In the Autumn of My Madness (2009 Remaster)3:07Apple Music ↗
10. 10In Held 'Twas In I: d) Look to Your Soul (2009 Remaster)4:56Apple Music ↗
11. 11In Held 'Twas In I: e) Grande Finale (2009 Remaster)3:44Apple Music ↗

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