If | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | If |
Cover: | If-If-1.jpg |
Released: | October 1970 |
Recorded: | February, March and April 1970 |
Studio: | Island Studios, London |
Genre: | Jazz rock, progressive rock |
Length: | 37:06 |
Label: | Island Capitol |
Producer: | Lew Futterman |
Next Title: | If 2 |
Next Year: | 1971 |
If, often referred to as If 1, is the eponymous debut album by English jazz rock band If. It was released in October 1970 on the Island Records label in the UK and Capitol Records in the US. The original artwork and the if logo, which was an award-winning design, were by CCS Advertising Associates.
It was re-issued as a CD first in 1995 by an obscure label (OSA), then in 1997 by Island and finally in 2006 on Repertoire Records with two bonus tracks and liner notes by UK music critic Chris Welch.