Grave New World is a studio album by English band Strawbs. It was the first album to be released after the departure of Rick Wakeman, under circumstances about which band leader Dave Cousins was very bitter. Cousins has admitted that the track "Tomorrow" was written about Wakeman. Happily their friendship survived and the two have since performed and recorded together, releasing an album Hummingbird in 2002.

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  • 1971-11
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  • 1972-02
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  • *All Music Guide {{rating|4.5|5}} [http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j9fpxq85ldje link]
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  • Grave New World is a studio album by English band Strawbs. It was the first album to be released after the departure of Rick Wakeman, under circumstances about which band leader Dave Cousins was very bitter. Cousins has admitted that the track "Tomorrow" was written about Wakeman. Happily their friendship survived and the two have since performed and recorded together, releasing an album Hummingbird in 2002. Wakeman's departure to join prog-rockers Yes caused a lot of predictions of Strawbs demise. Cousins was into the I Ching at the time and he asked the book what he should do. The answer was used in the lyrics for the first track on the album, "Benedictus". Blue Weaver, late of Amen Corner, was recruited and considered by most fans to be a more than adequate replacement for Wakeman. The album depicts the story of one man's life. For instance, the track "Hey Little Man" represents an older man giving advice to his young son. The songs themselves show the continuation of the movement away from Strawbs' original folk leanings. Founder member Tony Hooper began to be increasingly uncomfortable with this and left after the recording of this album. The original vinyl album had lavish artwork and included a pamphlet showing the lyrics of each track together with details of instrumentation. The front cover is a reproduction of William Blake's Glad Day. (en)
  • Grave New World is het vijfde muziekalbum van de Britse band Strawbs. Rick Wakeman is weggelokt door Yes en Blue Weaver heeft de taak hem te doen vergeten. Door het opstappen van Wakeman verliest Strawbs een toetsenvirtuoos die nog wel eens overdreven aanwezig wil zijn in de muziek, en haalt met Blue Weaver een veel rustiger toetsenist binnen, die beter past bij/in de muziek van Strawbs. Het vertrek van Wakeman zou het einde betekenen voor de band, was de algemene opinie. Cousins was zelf destijds nogal teleurgesteld vanwege het vertrek; hij ging de I Ching bestuderen. De uitklaphoes bevat een tekst van Boeddha en de binnenkant en een citaat uit een gebed tot Ra. De hoes is een reproductie van William Blakes Glad Day. Producer tot nu toe Visconti heeft het te druk met zijn andere werkzaamheden en produceert alleen nog Benedictus; de Strawbs produceren zelf met hulp van Tom Allom. Dave Cousins heet op dit album ineens David. Het album vormt de afsluiting van het Hoopertijdperk; van de oprichters blijft alleen Cousins over; Hooper zag meer in de folk dan in rock en vertrekt. (nl)
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  • Grave New World is a studio album by English band Strawbs. It was the first album to be released after the departure of Rick Wakeman, under circumstances about which band leader Dave Cousins was very bitter. Cousins has admitted that the track "Tomorrow" was written about Wakeman. Happily their friendship survived and the two have since performed and recorded together, releasing an album Hummingbird in 2002. (en)
  • Grave New World is het vijfde muziekalbum van de Britse band Strawbs. (nl)
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