Down to Earth (Nektar album)

Down to Earth is the fifth album from English progressive rock band Nektar. A snippet of the song "Show Me the Way" was featured in an episode from the first season of the sitcom The Jeffersons.

Down To Earth
Studio album by
Nektar
ReleasedOctober 1974
RecordedMarch - April, 1974
StudioChipping Norton Studio, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England
GenreProgressive rock
Length37:05
LabelBacillus
ProducerPeter Hauke, Nektar
Nektar chronology
Sunday Night at London Roundhouse
(1974)		 Down To Earth
(1974)		 Recycled
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All tracks are written by Nektar.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Astral Man"3:13
2."Nelly the Elephant"4:54
3."Early Morning Clown"3:23
4."That's Life"6:51
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Fidgety Queen"4:06
6."Oh Willy"4:01
7."Little Boy"3:04
8."Show Me the Way"5:57
9."Finale"1:36

Charts
Chart (1974/75) Position
United States (Billboard 200) 32
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 93

Personnel
  • Roye Albrighton- guitar, lead vocals
  • Mick Brockett - lights
  • Allan "Taff" Freeman - keyboards, backing vocals
  • Ron Howden - drums, percussion
  • Derek "Mo" Moore - bass, backing vocals

Guests:

  • P. P. Arnold - backing vocals
  • Phil Brown - bass tuba
  • Robert Calvert - ringmaster
  • Ron Carthy - 2nd trumpet
  • Kenneth Cole - backing vocals
  • Steve Gregory - tenor saxophone
  • Butch Hudson - 1st trumpet
  • Chris Mercer - baritone & tenor saxophones
  • Chris Pyne - trombone
  • Stephen Wick - tuba
  • Dieter Dierks - special effects
  • Chipping Norton Mandies - choir (2-9)

Production
  • Produced By Peter Hauke & Nektar
  • Recorded & Engineered By Barry Hammond

References
  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 214. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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