Everyone Is Everybody Else

Everyone Is Everybody Else Artist: Barclay James Harvest
Label: Umvd Import
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 044006540122
EAN: 0044006540122
ASIN: B00009029L


Release Date: 2003-06-05

Everyone Is Everybody Else


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Tracks:

  1. Child Of The Universe
  2. Negative Earth
  3. Paper Wings
  4. The Great 1974 Mining Disaster
  5. Crazy City
  6. See Me See You
  7. Poor Boy Blues
  8. Mill Boys
  9. For No One
  10. Child Of The Universe
  11. The Great 1974 Mining Disaster
  12. Maestoso (A Hymn In The Roof Of The World)
  13. Negative Earth
  14. Child Of The Universe

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Album Description

2003 remastered reissue of the British progressive rock act's 1974 album includes 5 bonus tracks, 'Child Of The Universe' (US Single Version), 'The Great 1974 Mining Disaster' (Original Mix - Previously Unreleased), 'Maestoso (A Hymn In The Roof Of The World)' (Recorded at Olymopic Studios, London in March 1974), 'Negative Earth' (Original Mix - Previously Unreleased) & 'Child Of The Universe' (Remake For Planned US Single). Features 14 tracks in all & a 16-page booklet. Polydor. 2003.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Reissue of the First Album the Group Recorded for Polydor Records after their Tenure on EMI, Produced by Rodger Bain, who was Fresh from Helming the First Three Black Sabbath Albums and the Welsh Band Budgie. This Re-release Includes Five Bonus Tracks Not Included on the Original Vinyl Edition.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars English folky soft rock with a ton of mellotron and the occasional hard edged guitar part.......2006-04-27

I have to admit that my first exposure to the music of BJH was very pleasant and this 1974 release is really not bad at all. The lineup consisted of John Lees (electric and acoustic guitar); Mel Pritchard (drums and percussion); Les Holroyd (bass, acoustic guitar, and rhythm guitar); and Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme (mellotron, synthesizers, electric piano, and piano). The album was produced by Rodger Bain (the guy who produced the earliest Black Sabbath albums) and his influences are felt here and there, albeit rarely.

The album opens with the moody track Child of the Universe, which features some nice mini-moog synthesizer work atop the standard bass, guitar, and drums setup. This is the heaviest synth piece, whereas the mellotron is used predominantly on the remaining tracks. The lead vocals and vocal harmonies are also pleasant and work well with the material.

The overall sound of the album is, in large part, dominated by a gloomy and plodding Pink Floyd-ish beat in 4/4, saturated with mellotron (with string setting), and sprinkled with tasteful leads on the electric guitar. There are however, moments where things perk up a bit, as on the vigorous "tribal" drumming section of Paper Wings, and the crunchy, distorted electric guitar parts that are scattered here and there (Crazy City). Favorite tracks include Child of the Universe; The Great 1974 Mining Disaster; See Me See You; the closing track For No One; and the proggy bonus track Maestoso (A Hymn in the Roof of the World).

In terms of bands that I might be inclined to compare BJH with, they would most likely include the Strawbs and the Moody Blues, although fleeting, tiny snippets of American west coast soft rock bands like Crosby, Stills, and Nash and the Eagles (especially on Poor Boy Blues/Mill Boys) can be heard too.

One thing that is of interest here is that the band confronts topics such as the Vietnam War, Apartheid in South Africa, and the violence in Northern Ireland in very straightforward and literal terms. In contrast, many British prog bands used cryptic allegory, myth, and science fiction to illustrate their subject matter and many avoided larger societal issues altogether by focusing on inward (personal) transformation.

The remastered CD is pretty good and features great sound quality and abundant liner notes. There are five bonus tracks that are OK but do not add a great deal to the listening experience, with the single exception of Maestoso (A Hymn in the Roof of the World), which is by far the proggiest track on the whole album. You can thank old non-progger Rodger Bain for leaving it off the original album - he felt that it did not fit because it was so proggy.

All in all, this is a very nice album of folky soft rock lent an added bit of "oomph" with the heavy use of the mellotron and synthesizers. Recommended to fans of English bands like the Strawbs, Spring, and the Moody Blues.

5 out of 5 stars A true classic - wonderful music from a wonderful band.......2006-03-08


This is the album which turned Barclay James Harvest into an international success. Superb musicianship and top class material make this a winner. The best tracks are "Child of the Universe", "Negative Earth", "Crazy City" and "For No One". I can listen to this album again and again and not get bored! If you are unfamiliar with this band's music, then this is probably the best place to start. You'll be hooked after the first listen. Irresistable! The remastered version provides a cleaner listening experience, but the bonus tracks (although nice to have) are a distraction to the excellence of the original.

3 out of 5 stars Sufficient , just not memorable, English Folk Rock.......2004-11-03

Barclay James Harvest's" Everyone Is Everybody Else" is a smooth, well-produced (for 1974) album of mostly forgettable tunes by a four-man English folk/pop outfit with only the slightest hint of progressive rock in their arrangements. (A mellotron here, a primordial synth line there and the occasionally time signature change). If you want to experience 70's English folk-prog at its best, get Traffic's " John Barleycorn Must Die" or The Strawb's "Hero and Heroine".

5 out of 5 stars No improving perfection.......2003-06-28

If you never buy another hippie album buy this one. The extra tracks are a bonus but the album is it stood was as near perfection as it gets.

'Everyone is everybody else' was the pirate Radio Caroline's signoff tune in the early 70's. It was as clear and concise an anthem of 1960's rebellion as anyone achieved, including John Lennon. When one relistens to these kinds of albums one expects some embarassment. Here there is none. I expect the band would not change a single line in any song. The guitar is as beautiful now as it was 30 years ago.

The '1974 Mining Diaster' as a huge song. It is allegedly about a certain rock star's casual advocacy of fascism and heroin. It is both beautiful and true.

'Child of the Universe' is another classic, which one would expect to grace countless TV documentaries but it hasn't for some reason.

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