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''Second Album'' was the second album released by British rock group Curved Air. It reached No. 11 in the UK Charts on 9 October 1971, and "Back Street Luv" became a UK No. 4 chart hit on 7 August 1971. Both variations of the album cover include a rainbow, a reference to the album ''A Rainbow in Curved Air'', from which the band took their name.〔 〕 ==Background and recording== The content and arrangement of the material reflected a sharp division in the band which would lead to their breakup the following year; all the songs on side A were composed by Darryl Way (with some assistance from Ian Eyre) with lyrics by Sonja Kristina, while all those on side B were composed by Francis Monkman.〔Joynson, Vernon (1995). (''The Tapestry of Delights'' ). London: Borderline Books.〕 Francis Monkman explained: "Basically Darryl and I respect each others' work, but we don't really see eye-to-eye on most things. And we never really got the co-writing thing together. I wanted to get my first 'epic' together, so it looks like a split forming (at the time of the "Second Album")."〔Wynne, Richard. (1999) ("Francis Monkman" ). ''The Official Curved Air Website''.〕 Unlike Curved Air's first album, ''Second Album'' was recorded when most of the songs were freshly written and had had little time to be developed over the course of touring. An exception is "Young Mother", which in fact started as a song by Way, Monkman, and Pilkington-Miksa's pre-Curved Air band, Sisyphus.〔 Then titled "Young Mother in Style", it evolved into the form seen on ''Second Album'' in part through the addition of new lyrics by Sonja Kristina. The electronics used on the album were provided by E.M.S. London, later the recording site for two tracks on Curved Air's third album, ''Phantasmagoria''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Second Album (Curved Air album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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