Ceremony (Spooky Tooth and Pierre Henry album)

Ceremony
Studio album by Spooky Tooth with Pierre Henry
Released	December 1969
Genre	Rock, progressive rock
Length	45:13
Label	Island
Producer	Spooky Tooth, Pierre Henry
Spooky Tooth chronology
Spooky Two (1969)Spooky Two1969 Ceremony (1969) The Last Puff (1970)The Last Puff1970

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Ceremony is a 1969 album by progressive UK rock band Spooky Tooth in collaboration with French electronic and "found-object" composer Pierre Henry. The album takes the form of a church service. A Pierre Henry-free version of the closing track ‘Hosanna’ appears on 2015 Universal release 'The Island Years 1967-1974' under the title ‘When I Get Home’.

The album is considered by (singer and songwriter) Gary Wright to have ended the band's career. "Then we did a project that wasn't our album. It was with this French electronic music composer named Pierre Henry. We just told the label, "You know this is his album, not our album. We'll play on it just like musicians." And then when the album was finished, they said, "Oh no no — it's great. We're gonna release this as your next album." We said, "You can't do that. It doesn't have anything to do with the direction of Spooky Two and it will ruin our career." And that's exactly what happened."[1].

Track listing

All tracks composed by Pierre Henry and Gary Wright

1. "Have Mercy" – 7:51
2. "Jubilation" – 8:25
3. "Confession" – 7:02
4. "Prayer" – 10:50
5. "Offering" – 3:26
6. "Hosanna" – 7:33

Personnel

• Pierre Henry – synthesizer, electronics
• Gary Wright – vocals, Electronic organ, keyboards
• Luther Grosvenor – guitars
• Mike Harrison – vocals, keyboards
• Mike Kellie – drums and percussion
• Andy Leigh – bass, guitar

Production

• Produced by Pierre Henry and Spooky Tooth
• Recorded and engineered by Andy Johns

External links

• Ceremony (Spooky Tooth and Pierre Henry album) at Discogs (list of releases)
• mutant-sounds.blogspot.com