Fish Out Of Water by Ros Baxter7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() įish Out of Water was recorded in the spring and summer of 1975 in two studios: New Pipers, Chris Squire's home studio in Surrey, and Morgan Studios in London. Squire offered to give him co-writing credits, but Jackman declined. Over the course of their collaboration, Jackman also contributed significantly to the writing. When Squire started work on his, he contacted Andrew Pryce Jackman, a childhood friend and keyboardist/composer, who assisted with the album's conception and orchestration. ![]() In early 1975, between the US and UK legs of Yes's tour in support of Relayer (1974), the band agreed to take time off for each member to record a solo album. ![]() Despite it being well received by critics and fans, Squire would not record another solo album until 2007, releasing an album of Christmas music entitled Chris Squire's Swiss Choir. Squire's former bandmate in The Syn, Andrew Pryce Jackman, played all the keyboards not performed by Moraz (excepting the cathedral pipe organ performed by Barry Rose) and orchestrated the material.įish Out of Water reached No. Some of the musicians Squire hired for the project were former Yes drummer Bill Bruford, then-Yes keyboardist Patrick Moraz, King Crimson saxophonist Mel Collins and Canterbury scene flautist Jimmy Hastings. The album was recorded during a period in which each band member of Yes had taken down time to produce a solo album. Fish Out of Water is the debut studio album by English bassist and songwriter Chris Squire, released in November 1975 by Atlantic Records. ![]()
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