Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Volume 1

Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Volume I
Compilation album by Roger Waters
Released	13 May 2002
Recorded	1983–2001
Genre	Rock
Length	70:23
Label	Columbia
Producer	Roger Waters, Nick Griffiths, Patrick Leonard, Ian Ritchie, James Guthrie
Roger Waters chronology
In the Flesh – Live (2000) Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Vol. 1 (2002) Ça Ira (2005)

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Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Volume I is a compilation album of former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters' solo material, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). It had never been released in the US and UK,^[2] until 30 May 2011, when this album along with the rest of the Waters' solo material was released as part of "The Roger Waters Collection" Boxset. The album will be sold separately from the compilation, for a 12-month term.^[3]

The original versions of this album were released on CD with a note on the cover saying "will not play on a PC/Mac", due to a form of copy protection.^[4] Users of Apple computers reported they were unable to eject CDs with this kind of copy protection.^[5]

Track listing

(All tracks composed by Roger Waters except track 1, composed by Bob Dylan and track 12, composed by Ennio Morricone and Roger Waters)

1. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" – 4:06 (from the film The Dybbuk of The Holy Apple Field, 1998)
2. "Too Much Rope" – 5:12 (from Amused to Death, 1992)
3. "The Tide Is Turning" – 5:24 (from Radio K.A.O.S., 1987)
4. "Perfect Sense, part I & II" [live] – 7:22 (from In the Flesh – Live, 2000)
5. "Three Wishes" – 6:49 (from Amused to Death, 1992)
6. "5:06 AM (Every Stranger's Eyes)" – 4:47 (from The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, 1984)
7. "Who Needs Information" – 5:55 (from Radio K.A.O.S., 1987)
8. "Each Small Candle" [live] – 8:34 (from In the Flesh – Live, 2000)
9. "Flickering Flame [new demo]" – 6:45 (2001)
10. "Towers of Faith" – 6:52 (from When the Wind Blows, 1986)
11. "Radio Waves" – 4:31 (from Radio K.A.O.S., 1987)
12. "Lost Boys Calling [original demo]" – 4:06 (finished version appears in the film The Legend of 1900, 1999)

Personnel

01 Knockin' On Heaven's Door

• Roger Waters – vocals, bass
• Simon Chamberlain – keyboards
• Clem Clempson – electric/acoustic guitar
• Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
• Nick Griffiths – produced

02 Too Much Rope & 05 Three Wishes

• Roger Waters – words & music, vocals
• Patrick Leonard – keyboards
• Andy Fairweather Low – Rickenbacker 12 string played with a feather
• Geoff Whitehorn – guitars
• Steve Lukather – additional guitars
• James Johnson – bass
• Graham Broad – drums
• Luis Conte – percussion
• Katie Kissoon – background vocals
• Doreen Chanter – background vocals
• Jessica & Jordan Leonard – screaming kids at the end
• National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Patrick Leonard & Roger Waters – produced
• Nick Griffiths – co-produced & recorded
• James Guthrie – mixed

03 The Tide Is Turning, 07 Who Needs Information & 11 Radio Waves

• Roger Waters – words & music, vocals, bass
• Andy Fairweather Low & Jay Stapely – electric guitar
• Mel Collins – saxophones
• Ian Ritchie – fairlight programming, drum programming, piano, keyboards
• Graham Broad – drums and percussion
• Suzanne Rhatigan – main backing vocals
• Ian Ritchie, John Phirkell, Peter Thomas – horn section
• Ian Ritchie – arranged
• Roger Waters & Ian Ritchie – produced

04 Perfect Sense, Part I & II & 08 Each Small Candle

• Roger Waters – words & music, vocals, bass & guitar
• Doyle Bramhall II – guitar
• Graham Broad – drums
• Jon Carin – keyboards
• Andy Fairweather – guitar, bass & vocal
• Katie Kissoon, Susannah Melvion, P P Arnold – low vocals
• Andy Wallace – hammond/keyboards
• Snowy White – guitar
• James Guthrie – produced & mixed

06 5.06am (Every Stranger's Eyes)

• Roger Waters – words & music, vocal, bass, guitar
• Andy Bown – hammond organ & 12 string guitar
• Ray Cooper – percussion
• Eric Clapton – lead guitar
• Michael Kamen – piano, National Philharmoninc Orchestra conducted & arranged
• Andy Newmark – drums
• David Sanborn – saxophone
• Madeline Bell, Katie Kissoon, Doreen Chanter – backing vocals
• Raphael Ravenscroft, Kevin Flanagan, Vic Sullivan – horns
• Roger Waters & Michael Kamen – produced

09 Flickering Flame

• Roger Waters – words & music, vocals, acoustic guitar, bass
• Jon Carin – keyboards
• Doyle Bramhall II – guitar, bass
• Roger Waters & Nick Griffiths – produced

10 Towers of Faith

• Roger Waters – words & music, vocals
• Matt Irving – keyboards
• Jay Stapely – electric guitar
• John Linwood – linn programming
• Freddie KRC – drums
• Mel Collins – saxophone
• John Gordon – bass
• Clare Torry – vocals
• Roger Waters – produced
• Nick Griffiths – co-producer & engineer
• Colin Lyon – assistant engineer

12 Lost Boys Calling (original demo)

• Ennio Morricone – music
• Roger Waters – words, vocals
• Rick Wentworth – orchestration
• Nick Griffiths – mixed

References

External links

• Pink Floyd Hyperbase, "Flickering Flame" entry