Product (Brand X album) explained

Product
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Brand X
Cover:	Brand_X_Product.jpg
Released:	14 September 1979
Recorded:	April 1979
Studio:	Startling Studios, Ascot, UK
Genre:	Jazz fusion
Length:	46:40
Label:	Charisma (UK) Passport (USA)
Producer:	Brand X, Colin Green, Neil Kernon
Prev Title:	Masques
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	Do They Hurt?
Next Year:	1980

Product is the fourth studio album by British jazz fusion group Brand X, originally released in 1979. It features primary member Phil Collins back once again on drums following his absence on Masques. Drummer Mike Clark and bassist John Giblin also appear on this album. Two of the album's tracks - "Soho" and "Wal To Wal" - were largely recorded at Phil Collins' Old Croft home in Shalford, Surrey.^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Don't Make Waves" (Goodsall) – 5:28
2. "Dance of the Illegal Aliens" (Jones) – 7:50
3. "Soho" (Goodsall, Collins) – 3:38
4. "...And So to F..." (Collins) – 6:29

Side two

1. "Algon (Where an Ordinary Cup of Drinking Chocolate Costs £8,000,000,000)" (Lumley) – 6:10
2. "Rhesus Perplexus" (Giblin) – 3:59
3. "Wal to Wal" (Jones, Giblin) – 3:09
4. "Not Good Enough - See Me!" (Jones, Robinson) – 7:27
5. "April" (Giblin) – 2:36

CD

1. "Don't Make Waves" (Goodsall) – 5:31
2. "Dance of the Illegal Aliens" (Jones) – 7:49
3. "Soho" (Goodsall, Collins) – 3:40
4. "Not Good Enough-See Me!" (Jones, Robinson) – 7:29
5. "Algon (Where an Ordinary Cup of Drinking Chocolate Costs £8,000,000,000)" (Lumley) – 6:08
6. "Rhesus Perplexus" (Giblin) – 4:00
7. "Wal to Wal" (Jones, Giblin) – 3:14
8. "...And So to F..." (Collins) – 6:28
9. "April" (Giblin) – 2:08

Personnel

• John Goodsall – guitars (1-6, 8, 9), vocals (1, 3, 8)
• Robin Lumley – keyboards (1, 3-6, 9)
• Peter Robinson – keyboards (2, 8)
• John Giblin – bass (1, 3-7, 9)
• Percy Jones – bass (2, 7, 8)
• Phil Collins – drums (1, 3-7, 9), percussion (1, 3-7, 9), vocals (1, 3, 8), drum machine (7)
• Mike Clark – drums (2, 8)
• Morris Pert – percussion (2, 8)

Production

• Brand X – producers
• Colin Green – producer, recording, remixing
• Neil Kernon – producer, recording, remixing
• Phil Collins – engineer (3, 7)
• Richard Austin – remixing
• Rene Ruocco – remixing
• Ray Staff – mastering
• Hipgnosis – sleeve design, photography
• Colin Elgie – sleeve design, graphics
• Paul Canty – additional photography
• John Giblin – additional photography

Notes

• The song "Wal to Wal" is the first recorded song on which Phil Collins used a Roland drum machine. (The first recorded Genesis song on which he used a drum machine is "Duchess".)
• Both "Don't Make Waves" and "Soho" were released as singles and feature Phil Collins on vocals.
• The non-album songs "Pool Room Blues" and "Noddy Goes to Sweden" were outtakes from the Product sessions and used as B-sides to one of the singles. "Noddy Goes to Sweden" was also used on the 1980 album release of Do They Hurt?
• Various releases of the album switch the tracks "...And So to F..." and "Not Good Enough - See Me!"

Notes and References

1. Hard working for a living. Steve. Taylor. 10 November 1979. Melody Maker. 27–28.