Pipedream (Alan Hull album) explained

Pipedream
Type:	Album
Artist:	Alan Hull
Cover:	Pipedream_f.jpg
Released:	1973
Genre:	Folk rock, Folk
Length:	40:21
Label:	Charisma Elektra
Producer:	Mickey Sweeney, Alan Hull
Next Title:	Squire
Next Year:	1974

Pipedream is the first solo album from Lindisfarne singer Alan Hull. The album reached No. 29 in the UK, while also charting in Australia.

Cover artwork

The cover artwork is based on a painting by René Magritte.^[1]

Music

"Blue Murder" has been compared to Neil Young's 1969 song "Down by the River".^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Alan Hull.^{[3] [4]}

1. "Breakfast" - 3:29
2. "Justanothersadsong" - 2:52
3. "Money Game" - 2:41
4. "STD 0632" - 3:06
5. "United States of Mind" - 3:04
6. "Country Gentleman's Wife" - 3:36
7. "Numbers (Travelling Band)" - 3:48
8. "For The Bairns" - 2:25
9. "Drug Song" - 3:07
10. "Song for a Windmill" 2:44
11. "Blue Murder" - 5:07
12. "I Hate To See You Cry" 3:22

Charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart (Official Charts Company)^[5]	29
Australian (Kent Music Report)^[6]	51

Personnel

• Alan Hull - vocals, guitar, piano, harmonium, "Guinness, wine, tequila, Pernod, Coca-Cola"
• John Turnbull - guitar, "orange juice, health foods"
• Colin Gibson - bass, "mental indecision, snuff and herbal tobacco"
• Ken Craddock - piano, organ, harmonium, electric piano, guitar, "Guinness, wine, tequila, Pernod, Coca-cola and anything else around at the time"
• Ray Laidlaw - drums, "common sense"
• Ray Jackson - harp, mandolin, vocals, "Rude noises"
• Dave Brooks - saxophone on "For The Bairns"

Technical

• Mickey Sweeney - producer, "high level energy"
• Roy T. Baker - engineer, mixing, "woofy woofy"
• Ken Scott, Mike Stone - engineer
• Ian Vincenti - sleeve design
• René Magritte - "La Lampe Philosophique" front cover

Notes and References

1. http://www.renemagritte.co.uk/pages/culture.php Rene Magritte - Culture
2. News: Clarke . Steve . Pipedream - a review . 26 April 2022 . NME . 7 July 1973.
3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/x8w6 BBC - Music - Review of Alan Hull's Pipedream
4. allmusic : Pipedream
5. https://www.officialcharts.com/archive/official-albums-chart/ Chart Stats - Alan Hull - Pipe Dream
6. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 143.