Hero And Heroine

Biography

Hero and Heroine is a studio album by English band Strawbs. After the tour supporting the previous album, Bursting at the Seams, there was an acrimonious split leaving only Dave Cousins and Dave Lambert to rebuild the band. The new line-up gelled very quickly and studio sessions were very productive. The album was released first in the US to a warm reception, and then in the UK where reviews were more negative. The album only reached number 35 on the UK Album Charts and the band increasingly beg...

Hero and Heroine is a studio album by English band Strawbs. After the tour supporting the previous album, Bursting at the Seams, there was an acrimonious split leaving only Dave Cousins and Dave Lambert to rebuild the band. The new line-up gelled very quickly and studio sessions were very productive. The album was released first in the US to a warm reception, and then in the UK where reviews were more negative. The album only reached number 35 on the UK Album Charts and the band increasingly began to look to North America for a successful future. The album, although still recognisably Strawbs, contains tracks with harsh "straight talking" lyrics, in contrast to the more lyrical approach shown on Bursting at the Seams. The music is more Gothic and doom-laden with washes of mellotron and guitar power chords, especially on the longer tracks. All band members made writing contributions, notably Chas Cronk with whom Dave Cousins would write many songs on future albums. Side one "Autumn" – 8:27 "Heroine's Theme" (John Hawken) "Deep Summer Sleep" (Dave Cousins) "The Winter Long" (Cousins) "Sad Young Man" (Rod Coombes) – 4:09 "Just Love" (Dave Lambert) – 3:41 "Shine on Silver Sun" (Cousins) – 2:46 Side two "Hero and Heroine" (Cousins) – 3:29 "Midnight Sun" (Chas Cronk, Cousins) – 3:06 "Out in the Cold" (Cousins) – 3:19 "Round and Round" (Cousins) – 4:44 "Lay a Little Light on Me" (Cousins) – 3:27 "Hero's Theme" (Lambert) – 2:28 Bonus tracks The following tracks did not feature on the original vinyl release and were included as bonus tracks on the A&M reissue. "Still Small Voice" (Cousins) – 2:28 "Lay a Little Light on Me (early version)" (Cousins) – 2:20 Personnel Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar John Hawken – organ, piano, electric piano, mellotron, synthesizer Chas Cronk – backing vocals, bass guitar, synthesizer Rod Coombes – backing vocals, drums, percussion with Claire Deniz – cello on "Midnight Sun" Recording Dave Cousins, Tom Allom – Producers Tom Allom, Freddy Hansson – Engineers Recorded at Rosenberg Studios, Copenhagen. Release history RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogComment United KingdomApril 1974A&Mstereo LPAMLH 63607 United StatesFebruary 1974A&Mstereo LPSP 3607 CanadaA&MCDVPCD 3607 Worldwide1998A&MCD540 935-2Remastered with bonus tracks Japan2002A&MCDUICY-9216 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.