Attic Thoughts

Attic Thoughts
Studio album by Bo Hansson
Released	April 1975
Recorded	1974–1975, Bo Hansson's home and Studio Decibel, Stockholm
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	37:07
Label	Charisma
Producer	Anders Lind, Bo Hansson
Bo Hansson chronology
Magician's Hat (1972) Attic Thoughts (1975) Music Inspired by Watership Down (1977)

Professional ratings
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Allmusic	[1]

Attic Thoughts is an instrumental progressive rock album by Swedish musician Bo Hansson.^[2] The album was recorded during 1974 and 1975 at Studio Decibel in Stockholm, and at Hansson's home, which had virtually become a studio by this point in his career.^[3][4] The album featured contributions from many of the same session musicians and friends that had played on Hansson's previous album, Magician's Hat.^[4] In Hansson's native Sweden, Attic Thoughts was released with the Swedish title of Mellanväsen.^[5] It was released with its English title in April 1975 by Charisma Records,^[2][6] but was less commercially successful than Hansson's preceding solo albums and failed to reach the charts in the UK or the United States.^[7][8][9] In addition to featuring Hansson's usual blend of other-worldly progressive rock and fairy tale-like ambiance, Attic Thoughts includes a suite named "Rabbit Music", which was inspired by Richard Adams' novel Watership Down, a subject that Hansson would explore further on his 1977 album Music Inspired by Watership Down.^[7]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bo Hansson except where indicated.

Side 1

1. "Attic Thoughts: a) March b) Repose c) Wandering" – 5:33
2. "Time and Space" – 1:39
3. "Waiting..." (Bo Hansson, Kenny Håkansson) – 7:34
4. "Waltz for Interbeings" – 3:26

Side 2

1. "Time for Great Achievements" – 3:11
2. "The Hybrills" – 1:24
3. "Rabbit Music: a) General Woundwort b) Fiver" – 6:30
4. "Day and Night" – 4:33
5. "A Happy Prank" – 3:17

2004 CD reissue bonus track

10. "The Crystal Suite: a) Crystals b) Memories of Darkness c) Light Again" – 6:21

Personnel

• Bo Hansson – organs, guitars, bass guitar, synthesizer, mellotron, special effects
• Rune Carlsson – drums
• Kenny Håkansson - electric guitar
• Jöran Lagerberg - bass guitar, acoustic guitar
• Gunnar Bergsten – saxophone
• Rolf Scherrer - acoustic guitar
• Tomas Netzler - bass guitar
• Mats Glenngård - violin
• Anders Oredsson - mixing on "Waiting..."
• Jan Ternald - cover painting
• Barry Lester and Company - artwork

Releases

• CD Attic Thoughts One Way Records 1996
• CD Attic Thoughts EMI Music Distribution 2004
• CD Attic Thoughts Virgin 2004
• CD Attic Thoughts [Bonus Track] EMI Music Distribution 2005

References

1. Bruce Eder. "Attic Thoughts - Bo Hansson". AllMusic.
2. Smith, Bradley. (1998). The Billboard Guide to Progressive Music. Billboard Books. pp. 97–98. ISBN 0-8230-7665-2.
3. "Attic Thoughts production credits". Silence Records. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
4. "Bo Hansson: A Brief History". Dutch Progressive Rock Page. Archived from the original on 31 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
5. "Mellnväsen production credits". Silence Records. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
6. Snider, Charles. (2008). The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock. Strawberry Bricks. p. 323. ISBN 0-615-17566-X.
7. "Bo Hansson - Attic Thoughts album review". Dutch Progressive Rock Page. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
8. Brown, Tony. (2000). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 377. ISBN 0-7119-7670-8.
9. "Bo Hansson Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-12.