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''Sails of Silver'' is an album by the electric folk band Steeleye Span. The album was produced two years after the band's ostensible break-up. At the request of Chrysalis Records Peter Knight and Bob Johnson both returned, replacing their own replacements Martin Carthy and John Kirkpatrick, who departed after the release of ''Live at Last''. Despite being produced by Elton John's producer Gus Dudgeon, ''Sails of Silver'' was a commercial failure, and this proved a final straw for Tim Hart, who departed the band, leaving Maddy Prior as the band's sole remaining founding member. Although the band now sported the same line-up that had brought it to the height of its success, ''Sails of Silver'' has often been seen as embodying a different spirit from their classic albums of the 1970s. Prior to ''Sails of Silver'', the band had always performed songs written by other people, predominantly traditional songs, but also a few 20th century pieces, such as the two Brecht songs on ''Storm Force Ten''. But on this album they included several songs they had written themselves, including "Let Her Go Down" and "Senior Service". This was the beginning of a trend that continues down to the present. Every album they have released since ''Sails'' has had at least one song written by band members, and ''Back in Line'' and ''Bloody Men'' were predominantly the band's material. Maddy Prior has said that, although she likes the album and finds it accessible, the band was in her words "lost" and not particularly confident of the material it had put together. Fans found the album jarring, although they were pleased that the band was touring again, and the band's shows always included their earlier material. ==Track listing== #"Sails of Silver" (Tim Hart, Bob Johnson, Rick Kemp, Peter Knight, Nigel Pegrum, Maddy Prior) – 3:27 #"My Love" (Traditional, Steeleye Span) – 2:52 #"Barnet Fair"(Kemp, Traditional) – 4:34 #"Senior Service" (Kemp, Prior) – 3:30 #"Gone to America" (Knight, Traditional) – 4:22 #"Where Are They Now" (Kemp, Traditional) – 4:10 #"Let Her Go Down" (Knight) – 3:36 #"Longbone" (Hart, Johnson, Kemp, Knight, Pegrum, Prior)– 3:57 #"Marigold/Harvest Home" (Knight, Prior, Steeleye Span)– 3:05 #"Tell Me Why" (Steeleye Span, Traditional)– 3:54 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「Sails of Silver」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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