Attic Thoughts

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Field	Value
name	Attic Thoughts
type	studio
artist	Bo Hansson
cover	Bo_Hansson_Attic_Thoughts.jpg
released	April 1975
recorded	1974–1975
studio	Bo Hansson's home and Studio Decibel, Stockholm
genre	Progressive rock
length	37:07
label	Charisma
producer	Anders Lind, Bo Hansson
prev_title	Magician's Hat
prev_year	1972
next_title	Music Inspired by Watership Down
next_year	1977
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Recording and release

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. The album featured contributions from many of the same session musicians and friends that had played on Hansson's previous album, Magician's Hat. 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 which Hansson would explore further on his 1977 album Music Inspired by Watership Down.

In Hansson's native Sweden, Attic Thoughts was released with the Swedish title of Mellanväsen. It was released with its English title in April 1975 by Charisma Records, but was less commercially successful than Hansson's preceding solo albums and failed to reach the charts in the UK or the United States.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Bo Hansson except where indicated.

Side 1

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

Side 2

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

2004 CD reissue bonus track

"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

Bruce Eder. "Attic Thoughts – Bo Hansson". [[AllMusic]].
Smith, Bradley.. (1998). "The Billboard Guide to Progressive Music". Billboard Books.
"Attic Thoughts production credits". [[Silence Records]].
"Bo Hansson: A Brief History". Dutch Progressive Rock Page.
"Bo Hansson – Attic Thoughts album review". Dutch Progressive Rock Page.
"Mellnväsen production credits". [[Silence Records]].
Snider, Charles.. (2008). "The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock". Strawberry Bricks.
Brown, Tony.. (2000). "The Complete Book of the British Charts". Omnibus Press.
"Bo Hansson Billboard Albums". [[Allmusic]].

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