Sky - Mozart (US Title: The Mozart Album)

Sky was a British-Australian classical-rock fusion band formed in London in 1978 by classical guitarist John Williams, fellow Australian guitarist Kevin Peek, keyboarder Francis Monkman of Curved Air fame, famed session bass player Herbie Flowers and drummer Tristan Fry. Their unique style combined with the virtuosity of the individual members and easy accessibility of the compositions quickly gained them a huge and steady fan base. As a result of the success of the first album, the group went on to release their even more successful double record second album. Those first two albums remain in print. Francis Monkman left after the second album and was replaced by Steve Gray. John Williams departed after sixth album Cadmium.

Seventh studio album (and eighth overall including Sky Five Live) Mozart (or The Mozart Album as it was titled in the US) hardly seems like a Sky album at all. Credited to Sky with Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin-In-The-Fields, it's more like the Academy of St Martin-In-The-Fields with (brief) guest appearances from Sky. For me, it's a bit too much like Hooked On Classics with its fairly repetitive percussion. However, apparently it was Sky's biggest seller in the US where as well as the slightly altered title, it also had the alternative cover posted below. As the name suggests, the album consists of arrangements of works by Mozart.



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Artwork:Full booklet and insert from the UK edition
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