High Tide (album)

High Tide is the second album by High Tide. The album is slightly less heavy, with folk-influences within the band's sound. Though guitarist Tony Hill would later record with a new band under the High Tide banner, as well as releasing posthumous compilations of demos, this was the last proper album by the original group.

High Tide
Studio album by
High Tide
ReleasedJuly 1970
Recorded5 April - 6 May 1970
Morgan Studios, London
GenreProgressive rock, folk rock, art rock, hard rock
Length32:25
LabelLiberty
ProducerHigh Tide
High Tide chronology
Sea Shanties
(1969)		 High Tide
(1970)		 Interesting Times
(1989)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The Allmusic review by Wilson Neate awarded the album 3 stars stating "The interplay of guitarist Tony Hill and violinist Simon House is still very much at the core of High Tide's distinctive hybrid of psychedelia, prog, and hard rock, but while Hill lays down his characteristically intricate, searing guitar lines, he forgoes the sort of weighty, molten riffage that made Sea Shanties such a behemoth. Without that overall sonic density, this album fails to engage listeners as readily as its predecessor... alongside Sea Shanties, this unimaginatively titled, three-track, 32-minute album finds High Tide at a disappointing low ebb, as if ideas and energy were already drying up."[1]

Track listing

All tracks by High Tide except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Blankman Cries Again"8:28
2."The Joke"9:27
3."Saneonymous"14:26
Total length:32:25

2006 Remaster Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Great Universal Protection Racket""Tony Hill15:45
2."The Joke" 7:44
3."Blankman Cries Again" 8:25
4."Ice Age"Tony Hill3:25

Personnel
  • Roger Hadden - drums, piano, pipe organ
  • Tony Hill - guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar, organ
  • Simon House - electric violin, organ, piano
  • Peter Pavli - bass guitar

References
  1. Neate, W. Allmusic Review accessed February 7, 2011
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