Attic Thoughts

Attic Thoughts
Attic Thoughts
Studio album by Bo Hansson
Released	April 1975
Recorded	1974–1975
Studio	Bo Hansson's home and Studio Decibel, Stockholm
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	37:07
Label	Charisma
Producer	Anders Lind, Bo Hansson
Bo Hansson chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Attic Thoughts is a 1975 instrumental progressive rock album by Swedish musician Bo Hansson.^[2]

Recording and release

The album was recorded during 1974 and 1975 at Studio Decibel in Stockholm, and at Hansson's home, which had virtually become a studio by this point in his career.^[3]^[4] The album featured contributions from many of the same session musicians and friends that had played on Hansson's previous album, Magician's Hat.^[4] In addition to featuring Hansson's usual blend of other-worldly progressive rock and fairy tale-like ambiance, Attic Thoughts includes a suite named "Rabbit Music", which was inspired by Richard Adams' novel Watership Down, a subject which Hansson would explore further on his 1977 album Music Inspired by Watership Down.^[5]

In Hansson's native Sweden, Attic Thoughts was released with the Swedish title of Mellanväsen.^[6] It was released with its English title in April 1975 by Charisma Records,^[2]^[7] but was less commercially successful than Hansson's preceding solo albums and failed to reach the charts in the UK or the United States.^[5]^[8]^[9]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bo Hansson except where indicated.

Side 1

"Attic Thoughts: a) March b) Repose c) Wandering" – 5:33
"Time and Space" – 1:39
"Waiting..." (Bo Hansson, Kenny Håkansson) – 7:34
"Waltz for Interbeings" – 3:26

Side 2

"Time for Great Achievements" – 3:11
"The Hybrills" – 1:24
"Rabbit Music: a) General Woundwort b) Fiver" – 6:30
"Day and Night" – 4:33
"A Happy Prank" – 3:17

2004 CD reissue bonus track

"The Crystal Suite: a) Crystals b) Memories of Darkness c) Light Again" – 6:21

Personnel

Bo Hansson – organs, guitars, bass guitar, synthesizer, mellotron, special effects
Rune Carlsson – drums
Kenny Håkansson – electric guitar
Jöran Lagerberg – bass guitar, acoustic guitar
Gunnar Bergsten – saxophone
Rolf Scherrer – acoustic guitar
Tomas Netzler – bass guitar
Mats Glenngård – violin
Anders Oredsson – mixing on "Waiting..."
Jan Ternald – cover painting
Barry Lester and Company – artwork

Releases

CD Attic Thoughts One Way Records 1996
CD Attic Thoughts EMI Music Distribution 2004
CD Attic Thoughts Virgin 2004
CD Attic Thoughts [Bonus Track] EMI Music Distribution 2005

References

^ Bruce Eder. "Attic Thoughts – Bo Hansson". AllMusic.
^ ^a ^b Smith, Bradley. (1998). The Billboard Guide to Progressive Music. Billboard Books. pp. 97–98. ISBN 0-8230-7665-2.
^ "Attic Thoughts production credits". Silence Records. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
^ ^a ^b "Bo Hansson: A Brief History". Dutch Progressive Rock Page. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
^ ^a ^b "Bo Hansson – Attic Thoughts album review". Dutch Progressive Rock Page. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
^ "Mellnväsen production credits". Silence Records. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
^ Snider, Charles. (2008). The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock. Strawberry Bricks. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-615-17566-9.
^ Brown, Tony. (2000). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 377. ISBN 0-7119-7670-8.
^ "Bo Hansson Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

[1] Bruce Eder. "Attic Thoughts – Bo Hansson". AllMusic.

[smith-2] Smith, Bradley. (1998). The Billboard Guide to Progressive Music. Billboard Books. pp. 97–98. ISBN 0-8230-7665-2.

[3] "Attic Thoughts production credits". Silence Records. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

[prog-4] "Bo Hansson: A Brief History". Dutch Progressive Rock Page. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

[prog2-5] "Bo Hansson – Attic Thoughts album review". Dutch Progressive Rock Page. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

[6] "Mellnväsen production credits". Silence Records. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

[7] Snider, Charles. (2008). The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock. Strawberry Bricks. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-615-17566-9.

[8] Brown, Tony. (2000). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 377. ISBN 0-7119-7670-8.

[9] "Bo Hansson Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

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