Bursting at the Seams

Bursting at the Seams
Studio album by Strawbs
Released	1973
Recorded	October - December 1972
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	40:29
Label	A&M, (UK)
Producer	Strawbs
Strawbs chronology
Grave New World (1972) Bursting at the Seams (1973) All Our Own Work (1973)
Singles from Bursting at the Seams
"Lay Down" "Part of the Union"

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Bursting at the Seams is a studio album by English band Strawbs. It contains their two most successful singles and reached number 2 in the UK Album Chart.^[2]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Flying" (Dave Cousins) – 4:49
2. "Lady Fuschia" (Richard Hudson, John Ford) – 3:59
3. "Stormy Down" (Cousins) – 2:45
4. "Down by the Sea" (Cousins) – 6:17
5. "The River" (Cousins) – 2:21

Side two

1. "Part of the Union" (Hudson, Ford) – 2:54
2. "Tears and Pavan" – 6:35

   "Tears" (Cousins)

   "Pavan" (Cousins, Hudson, Ford)

3. "The Winter and the Summer" (Dave Lambert) – 4:07
4. "Lay Down" (Cousins) – 4:31
5. "Thank You" (Blue Weaver, Cousins) – 2:11

Bonus tracks

The A&M 1998 remastered CD featured the following as bonus tracks:

1. "Will You Go"(aka "Wild Mountain Thyme") (Francis McPeake)
2. "Backside" (Cousins, Hudson, Ford, Lambert, Weaver)
3. "Lay Down" (Single version) (Cousins)

Additionally, tracks 4 & 5 are reversed in order (4) "The River" followed by (5) "Down by the Sea."

Personnel

• Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo
• Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Blue Weaver – organ, piano, mellotron
• John Ford – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar
• Richard Hudson – backing vocals, drums, sitar

Recording

• Strawbs – Producers
• Tom Allom – Engineer

Recorded at Sound Techniques, the Manor and Morgan Studios

Release history

References

• Bursting at the Seams on Strawbsweb
• Sleeve notes CD 540 936-2 Bursting at the Seams

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