"For Michael Chapman's early fans, the 1971 release of Wrecked Again, his fourth and final album for Harvest was a return to the glories of Rainmaker and Fully Qualified Survivor. He'd disowned his third album, Window, claiming it was an unfinished series of acoustic demos released by the label while he was on tour for an album he fully intended to be electric. (This bears weight since some of its songs have remained in the songwriter's live set into the 21st century.) Recorded at Rockfield Studios with producer Gus Dudgeon and a band that included bassist Rick Kemp (who had been with him since the beginning), drummer Pique Withers, accordionist Jack Emblow, and a slew of backing vocalists (including Albert Hammond), with lead guitar by Ray Martinez and strings and horns by Paul Buckmaster added by Dudgeon later. Like its predecessors, Wrecked Again features songs in a wide variety of styles with his now trademark guitar style that seamlessly melds British folk, country, rock, jazz and blues -- sometimes in the same song. What anchors it all is his grainy baritone, which carries the weight of the world's sadness and the joy of its carnal pleasures within it." -- All Music Guide
Track Listing
1 Polar Bear Fandango
2 Indian Queens
3 Wrecked Again
4 All in All
5 Back on Your Own Again
6 The First Leaf of Autumn
7 Fennario
8 Time Enough to Spare
9 Night Drive
10 Mozart Lives Upstairs
11 Shuffleboat River Farewell