SUNBURST FINISH

By Be Bop Deluxe
Released January 1976

REVIEW

Adding keyboard player Andrew Clark to make Be Bop Deluxe a quartet, Bill Nelson finally found a balance between his virtuosic guitar playing and the demands of pop songwriting. The arrangements were still busy, but the humor of Nelson's music was on display as never before, and the songs frequently were catchy. For the first time, it began to seem that the group had a future beyond serving as a foundation for Nelson's splashy guitar work, as Be Bop Deluxe charted in the U.S. and the U.K. and even scored a Top 25 British hit with "Ships in the Night." ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

 

TRACKS

1	Fair Exchange	Nelson	4:49
2	Heavenly Homes	Nelson	3:36
3	Ships in the Night	Nelson	4:03
4	Crying to the Sky	Nelson	3:57
5	Sleep That Burns	Nelson	5:16
6	Beauty Secrets	Nelson	2:47
7	Life in the Air Age	Nelson	3:59
8	Like an Old Blues	Nelson	3:27
9	Crystal Gazing	Nelson	3:24
10	Blazing Apostles	Nelson	4:29
11	Shine [*]	Nelson	7:48
12	Speed of the Wind [*]	Nelson	4:20
13	Blue as a Jewel [*]	Nelson	5:11

PERFORMERS

Bass	Charlie Tumahai
Drums	Simon Fox
Guitar	Bill Nelson
Harmonica	Bill Nelson
Keyboards	Andrew Clark
Percussion	Bill Nelson Simon Fox
Sax (Alto)	Ian Nelson
Tubular Bells	Bill Nelson
Vocals	Bill Nelson