Egg (album)

Egg
Studio album by Egg
Released	13 March 1970
Recorded	October 1969 (Landsdowne Studios, Trident Studios)
Genre	Progressive rock, Canterbury scene
Length	40:30
Label	Deram
Producer	Egg
Egg chronology
Egg (1970) The Polite Force (1971)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[2]

Egg is the 1970 debut album by British prog rock band Egg.

Track listing

The album was originally released on vinyl by Deram.^[3]

Side one

1. "Bulb" (Peter Gallen) – 0:09
2. "While Growing My Hair" (Clive Brooks, Mont Campbell, Dave Stewart) – 3:53
3. "I Will Be Absorbed" (Brooks, Campbell, Stewart) – 5:10
4. "Fugue in D Minor" (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 2:46
5. "They Laughed When I Sat Down at the Piano…" (Brooks, Campbell, Stewart) – 1:17
6. "The Song of McGillicudie the Pusillanimous (Or Don't Worry James, Your Socks Are Hanging in the Coal Cellar with Thomas)" (Brooks, Campbell, Stewart) – 5:07
7. "Boilk" (Brooks, Campbell, Stewart) – 1:00

Side two

1. "Symphony No. 2" (Brooks, Campbell, Stewart) – 22:26
   • Movement 1
   • Movement 2
   • Blane
   • Movement 4

2004 re-issue

The album was re-issued on CD in February 2004 by Eclectic Discs. Remastered from the original tapes, the re-issue has three bonus tracks, including both sides of the band's first and only single ("Seven Is a Jolly Good Time/You Are All Princes") and "Movement 3" from "Symphony No. 2", which was omitted from the original LP due to copyright difficulties.

The track listing is as follows:

1. "Bulb" – 0:09
2. "While Growing My Hair" – 4:02
3. "I Will Be Absorbed" – 5:11
4. "Fugue in D Minor" – 2:49
5. "They Laughed When I Sat Down at the Piano…" – 1:21
6. "The Song of McGillicudie the Pusillanimous (or don't worry James, your socks are hanging in the coal cellar with Thomas)" – 5:07
7. "Boilk" – 1:04
8. "Symphony No. 2" – 23:58
   • Movement 1
   • Movement 2
   • Blane
   • Movement 3
   • Movement 4
9. "Seven Is a Jolly Good Time" – 2:47
10. "You Are All Princes" – 3:45

Personnel

• Dave Stewart - organ, piano, tone generator, mellotron
• Mont Campbell - bass, vocals
• Clive Brooks - drums

References

1. DeGagne, Mike. "Egg Egg review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
2. Henderson, Paul (February 2005). "Egg 'Egg'". Classic Rock. 76. London, UK: Future Publishing Ltd. p. 102.
3. "Egg (2) - Egg (LP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-03-05.

External links

• Lyrics to Egg
• "Review: "Egg: Egg (Remastered)" - Sea of Tranquility - The Web Destination for Progressive Music!". www.seaoftranquility.org. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
• "EGG Egg music reviews and MP3". www.progarchives.com. Retrieved 2010-03-05.