01	Overture A) Part One B) Part Two C) War Games						10:57
	02	Julia						04:45
	03	The Hymn						03:13
	04	The Room (Brainwash) A) Part One B) Part Two						04:16
	05	Robot Man						03:56
	06	Sorry						03:06
	07	No Name						03:19
	08	Forgotten Memories						02:57
	09	The Proles						03:32
	10	1984						06:30

1984 ( 1981)


Catalogue
Type Cat No. Label Country
Vinyl LP CDS 4022 Charisma UK
Cassette CHCMC 41 Charisma UK
Cassette CASMC 111 Charisma UK
CD VJCP-2551 Charisma Japan
CD GCDWR-160 Griffin Canada

Track List
Title Length
1 Overture 10' 57"
2 Julia 4' 45"
3 The Hymn 3' 13"
4 The Room (Brainwash) 4' 16"
5 Robot Man 3' 55"
6 Sorry 3' 6"
7 No Name 3' 18"
8 Forgotten Memories 2' 57"
9 The Proles 3' 32"
10 1984 6' 28"

Artist List
Name Instrument
Rick Wakeman Keyboards
Chaka Khan Vocals
Frank Riccotti Drums
Gary Barnacle Saxaphone
Jon Anderson Vocals
Kenny Lynch Vocals
Steve Barnacle Bass
Steve Harley Vocals
Tim Rice Vocals & All Lyrics
Tim Stone Guitar
Tony Fernandez Drums


Additional Information
Studios:
 Morgan Studios during Feb/Apr 1981

Engineering:
 Mike Bobak

Equipment
 Acoustic Piano
 Prophet 5
 Prophet 10
 RMI Synthesizer
 Organ
 OBX1
 Mini-Moog Synthesizer
 CS80 Organ
 String Machine
 Synclavier
Notes


Reviews
Reniet Ramirez on 03/11/2002 [Other reviews by Reniet Ramirez ]

It's funny to think that I actually hated this album when I bought it. But after a few years of being in my CDs rack I gave it a 2nd chance. "Overture" & "The Proles", made me feel comfortable with the CD, but when I saw the live version of "The Hymn/Robot Man" in the "Live Buenos Aires DVD" it totally changed my perspective. Now I can honestly tell you it's a great album. And I learned something very important too. Since Rick has so many diferent styles, it happens a lot that you buy a new album especting certaing style and when you listen to it you receive the surprise of hearing a total different thing and therefore you "don't like that album". But the truth is that you just have to wait a bit till you change your mood and giving it another try till you find your peace with that album. (NOTE: this doen't apply to the boring New Age albums. LOL :)

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Steve Glossop on 21/08/2002 [Other reviews by Steve Glossop ]

1984 was Rick's last big production concept album of this era before Punk's tenious grip finally faded and Rick with it! The Overture is, without doubt, one of Rick's most enjoyable intrumentals. What people shouldn't forget is the wealth of talent associated with this album. The production for a start is excellent combined with strong lyrical content from Tim Rice and some great vocals from the guest starts. The whole work oozes quality and great musicianship from all parties concerned. I feel this is a highly underated album and deserves a higher status amongst Rick's works. But that's just my opinion!

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Guillermo Villegas on 20/09/1999 [Other reviews by Guillermo Villegas ]

I found this cassete in my father's collection along with MaLoKing Arthur, well, this one was found but with a cut tape so I was unable to listen to it but 1984 was brand new (my father bought it in 1982!!!) I listened to it and man, the overture is fantastic, I like Jon Anderson's vocals on the Hymn, Robot man is also cool but in this song I don't like the vocals so much. In the cassette I found all the names of the songs were translated to Spanish because it was made in Mexico, so it was hard for me to translate them to English, but finally I translated them all. The keyboards are played very good, no other keyboardist can play this! (maybe some from this album)

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Guillermo Iacaruso on 27/07/1999 [Other reviews by Guillermo Iacaruso ]

IMHO, this album is great. If you're looking for the classical-stuff, you'll find some here; if you're looking for the modern-opera 80's style, you'll find it here. Maybe this is a transition album, but definitively is one of my 10 RW fav albums !!!! The vocals are OK too.

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Julian Simpson on 23/07/1999 [Other reviews by Julian Simpson ]

The instrumental tracks on this album are very good (in particular the recurring 1984 theme itself), but I consider the songs poor - I don't even like "Julia" or "Hymn" which seem to rate highly on this web site's "favourite songs" list & the song "The Proles" must be Rick's all time worst! An album to listen to on CD so that the songs can be programmed out!

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Bjorn Olaf Syvertsen on 04/12/1997 [Other reviews by Bjorn Olaf Syvertsen ]

This album is very good, especially side 1. Highlights are the first three tracks - and of course "Hymn", where Jon Anderson makes his contribution. Those four tracks are among Rick's best. The rest of the album is also quite good, but still far inferior to those four tracks. But I would definitely recommend this one.

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Tom Brenny on 24/09/1997 [Other reviews by Tom Brenny ]

After a very good overture, this album dies. Straight forward, bland rock that I would pass over on the radio. Vocals are very strange; Chaka Kahn screeches. Jon Anderson almost saves the day with vocals on only one piece. One to pass on - it'll just gather dust.


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