Identity (Zee album) explained

Identity
Type:Album
Artist:Zee
Cover:Zee-identity.jpg
Released:9 April 1984
Recorded:September 1983
Studio:Rectory Studios, Therfield, Hertfordshire
Genre:
Length:46:03
Label:Harvest/EMI
Producer:Richard Wright, Dave Harris, Tim Palmer
Chronology:Richard Wright
Prev Title:Wet Dream
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:Broken China
Next Year:1996

Identity is the only album by Zee, a short-lived side project of Pink Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright, a duo partnership consisting of Wright and Dave Harris of New Romantic outfit Fashion, released in 1984. Wright later stated that he felt Identity was an "experimental mistake" that should never have been released.[1] The album was written and produced by Wright and Harris and all the lyrics were penned by Harris.

The album makes heavy use of the Fairlight CMI, a musical synthesizer popularized in the 1980s.[2] This creates a very electronic sound that persists through every track.

"Confusion" was released as a single with "Eyes of a Gypsy" as the B-side.[3]

In 2019, the album was reissued with bonus tracks and a new cover art.

Non-album tracks

  1. "Confusion" (Single Mix) – 3:36
  2. "Confusion" (12" Mix) – 6:21
  3. "Eyes of a Gypsy" (Dub) (from the "Confusion" 12" UK single) – 4:11

Personnel

keyboards, synthesized percussion, Fairlight, backing vocals

guitars, keyboards, percussion, Fairlight, lead vocals

Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Broken China Interview, by M. Blake, August 1996 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131214202257/http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t7597-rick-wright-broken-china-interview.html . 2013-12-14 .
  2. Web site: Richard Wright & Dave Harris - Zee: Identity Deluxe Box Set . BurningShed . 27 January 2019 . en.
  3. Book: Omnibus. 0-7119-4109-2. Miles. Barry. Mabbett. Andy. Pink Floyd - The Visual Documentary. London. 1994.