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Rocket Cottage is an album by the electric folk band Steeleye Span. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Steeleye Span is a British Electric folk band formed in 1969 and remaining active today A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Electric folk is a genre of music in which British and Celtic Traditional music is played in a Rock music style In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Chrysalis Records was a British Record label that was created in 1969 In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Michael Philip Batt (born 6 February 1949 in Southampton, England) is a British based Songwriter, Musician, producer allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Steeleye Span is a British Electric folk band formed in 1969 and remaining active today All Around My Hat is a 1975 album by Steeleye Span, their eighth and most commercially successful reaching number 7 on the UK charts and staying on the charts for Storm Force Ten is an album by the Electric folk band Steeleye Span, the band's 10th effort released in 1977 Electric folk is a genre of music in which British and Celtic Traditional music is played in a Rock music style Steeleye Span is a British Electric folk band formed in 1969 and remaining active today

This was the band's 9th album, and the 2nd produced by Mike Batt. The album was poised to cement the band's success, building off their breakthrough into the UK Top 10 with their previous album, All Around My Hat (album). All Around My Hat is a 1975 album by Steeleye Span, their eighth and most commercially successful reaching number 7 on the UK charts and staying on the charts for Unfortunately, the album was a victim of bad timing. 1976 and 1977 saw the sudden explosion of the British Punk scene, and popular music tastes rapidly shifted away from the sound and style that the band was known for. It failed to break into the Top 40.

The album is perhaps the band's most rock-influenced album, with very prominent guitars and a strong rhythm section. Some fans consider this one of the band's best efforts, pointing to strong tracks like "London", "Fighting for Strangers", "Sir James the Rose", and "Orfeo/Nathan's Reel", the first three of which became classics of the band and fan favorites. Others, however, find the album erratic, complaining that the band's rhythm section tends to overwhelm the vocals, particularly on "Orfeo", "The Twelve Witches", and (to a lesser extent) "The Brown Girl". Oddly for an instrumental piece, "Nathan's Reel" simply fades out. The most peculiar decision was the choice to include an unrehearsed version of "Camptown Racetrack"; Years later Maddy Prior remarked about this decision, "I can't think what we were thinking of with that. Maddy Prior (born 14 August 1947, Blackpool, England) is an English Folk singer. " This was the band's 9th album in 5 years, and many feel that their band's exhaustion is evident.

Peter Knight has said that the band was being pressured to write and adapt music for the commercial market, which led to considerable dissatisfaction among the band members. Peter Knight (b 1947) is a folk musician member of the Electric folk group Steeleye Span. Both he and Bob Johnson were seriously considering leaving the band, particularly because they wanted to work on a musical version of "The King of Elfland's Daughter". See also Robert Johnson (musician, a Delta Blues musician Robert "Bob" Johnson (born 18 March 1944 Chrysalis Records agreed to allow them to record the album if they agreed to record 'Rocket'. Lacking any interest in the album that Knight and Johnson produced, Chrysalis made little effort to promote the album, and Knight and Johnson chose to depart the band after 'Rocket' was released.

Personnel

Track listing

London (Hart, Johnson, Kemp, Knight, Pegrum, Prior) – 4:14
The Bosnian Hornpipes (Traditional) – 0:57
Orfeo/Nathan's Reel (Hart, Johnson, Kemp, Knight], Pegrum, Prior) – 6:00
The Twelve Witches (Traditional) – 4:32
The Brown Girl (Hart, Johnson, Kemp, Knight, Pegrum, Prior) – 5:05
Fighting for Strangers (Traditional) – 4:25
Sligo Maid (Traditional) – 3:44
Sir James the Rose (Traditional) – 6:15
The Drunkard (Traditional, prefaced by Camptown Racetrack) – 7:55

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