Down to Earth
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1974
RecordedMarch - June 1974
StudioChipping Norton Studio, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England
GenreProgressive rock
Length37:13
LabelBacillus
ProducerPeter Hauke, Nektar
Nektar chronology
Sunday Night at London Roundhouse
(1974)
Down to Earth
(1974)
Recycled
(1975)
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Down to Earth is the fifth album from English progressive rock band Nektar. A snippet of the song "Show Me the Way" was featured in an episode from the first season of the sitcom The Jeffersons.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Nektar

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Astral Man"3:15
2."Nelly the Elephant"4:57
3."Early Morning Clown"3:22
4."That's Life"6:52
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Fidgety Queen"4:05
6."Oh Willy"4:02
7."Little Boy"3:04
8."Show Me the Way"5:55
9."Finale"1:41

Charts

Chart (1974/75) Position
United States (Billboard 200) 32
Canada (RPM)[1] 37
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 93

Personnel

  • Roye Albrighton- guitar, lead vocals
  • Mick Brockett - lights
  • Allan "Taff" Freeman - keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ron Howden - drums, percussion
  • Derek "Mo" Moore - bass, backing vocals

Guests:

  • P. P. Arnold - backing vocals
  • Phil Brown - bass tuba
  • Robert Calvert - ringmaster
  • Ron Carthy - 2nd trumpet
  • Kenneth Cole - backing vocals
  • Steve Gregory - tenor saxophone
  • Butch Hudson - 1st trumpet
  • Chris Mercer - baritone & tenor saxophones
  • Chris Pyne - trombone
  • Stephen Wick - tuba
  • Dieter Dierks - special effects
  • Chipping Norton Mandies - choir (2-9)

Production

  • Produced By Peter Hauke & Nektar
  • Recorded & Engineered By Barry Hammond

References

  1. โ†‘ "RPM Top 100 Albums - April 26, 1975" (PDF).
  2. โ†‘ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970โ€“1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 214. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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