Red Sea is the second and last album by the English hard rock band Warhorse. The band is most known for its bass player Nick Simper, the original bassist of Deep Purple.
Background
The CD reissue on the Angel Air label has six previously unreleased bonus tracks, including a live version of "Ritual" (from the first Warhorse album) and five demos all written by bassist Simper which did not appear on any record before.
Richtie Unterberger claims, the album was "basically more of the same prog rock-proto metal". Except the song Confident But Wrong being more mainstream rock sounding or the soul based I (Who Have Nothing). Singer Ashley Holts performance was not praised as he was "tending to hit more annoying high notes". Back in Time was mentioned for its "unconscious models for the kind of singing" which was parodied by Spinal Tap.
Track listing All songs written by Warhorse, except where noted.
Red Sea 4:20 Back in Time 7:49 Confident But Wrong 4:46 Feeling Better 5:33 Sybilla 5:33 Mouthpiece (instrumental) 8:43 I (Who Have Nothing) (Carlo Donida / Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller) 5:16
CD re-issue tracks Bad Time (Nick Simper) 4:40 She Was My Friend (Simper) 4:55 Gypsy Dancer (Simper) 4:08 House of Dolls (Simper) 4:19 Standing Right Behind You 4:35
Personnel Ashley Holt – vocals Pete Parks – guitar Nick Simper – bass Frank Wilsonalso credited as Frank T. Wilson – keyboards, organ, piano Mac Poole – drums
Additional personnel Peter Parks – acoustic guitar
Production Warhorse & Ian Kimmet - Producers Rick Breach – photography, sleeve art, sleeve design Dave Stock – engineer Phillip Walker – liner notes Nick Watson – remastering (CD reissue)
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