Track Listing

1. Child Of The Universe
2. Negative Earth
3. Paper Wings
4. The Great 1974 Mining Disaster
5. Crazy City
6. See Me See You
7. Poor Boy Blues
8. Mill Boys
9. For No One
10. Child Of The Universe
11. The Great 1974 Mining Disaster
12. Maestoso (A Hymn In The Roof Of The World)
13. Negative Earth
14. Child Of The Universe

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33102 in Music
• Released on: 2003-06-02
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .23 pounds
• Running time: 61 minutes

CD Description
Barclay James Harvest began as a psychedelic-influenced prog-rock outfit, but by the time they really reached their stride with 1974's EVERYONE IS EVERYBODY ELSE, they had streamlined their sound into a lambent, melodic style triangulated somewhere between Pink Floyd, the Moody Blues, and late-period Beatles. With John "Wooly" Woolstenholme's Mellotron providing orchestral backdrops and John Lees contributing lyrical, not un-Floyd-like guitar leads, the band unfolds one elegant tune after another on what has come to be regarded as one of the finest moments in the BJH discography.

Customer Reviews

One of the Best Rock albums of all time
There are some rock albums that sell well because they're hyped up, there are some that sell well because they're good.

And unfortunately there are some that are brilliant that took a long time to get noticed. Love's "Forever Changes" is one example, Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks" is another album that didn't chart when it was released - and so was "Everyone is Everybody Else". It took the bands later albums to chart before everyone realised what a superb album "Everyone..." is. Every single track is worth a listen - there are no fillers.

Dubbed later as the "Poor Mans Moody Blues", Barclay James Harvest later recorded a track of this name as an answer to their critics. Suffice to say, if you like the Moody Blues you'll like this album.

A forgotten classic
This was BJH's first album with Polydor and they obviously relished the increase in production values. Every song is excellent, disciplined and concise: there is absolutely no filler. John Lees excels, his songwriting is superb and his guitar is soulful- check out the solo on Paper Wings, it is almost painful in its sadness. The boys all provide excellent support, Mel's (RIP Mel) drumming is controlled and joyful, Wooly serves up lashings of warm mellotron and Les provides excellent songs and bass. Wow! I first bought this after listening to a free disc given away by NME which had Paper Wings on it. Thirty two years on it still staggers me with its perfection. Hyperbole? Check it out!

bjh classic album
barclay james harvest`s first album for polydor in 1974 is quite
superb,gone is the overblown production and the odd whimsical
song that seemed to grace each of their previous albums,in comes tight,fairly sparse (for bjh!)arrangements and a clutch of all time classic bjh tunes.It kicks off in style with "child
of the universe",lyrically as relevant today as when it was recorded.the track concludes with a lovely understated bluesy
john lees guitar solo. Les holroyd`s "crazy city" ups the ante
further along."mill boys/poor boy blues" takes the music in a
more bluesy/country/folky direction and launches staight into
"for no-one",a seminal bjh track if ever there was one.woolly
creates a mellotron wall of sound,les and mel a tight rhythm
section,john sings about the need to consider ones fellow man
and right at the climax unleashes a multi-tracked guitar solo
which would have dave gilmore running for cover and hendrix fans giving their approval.Barclay james harvest have made many
fine albums but this is their greatest achievement.I give it my
unreserved recommendation.