Déjà Fou is the 16th studio album by English band Strawbs. The title is a play on the phrase déjà vu, French for "already seen", as the band line-up had been seen 30 years before on the Hero and Heroine album. The phrase déjà fou literally means "already mad". The album delivers the kind of British folk rock the band had built its reputation on.
Track listing
"Riviera dei Fiori" (Dave Cousins, Dave Lambert) – 1:43 "Under a Cloudless Sky" (Cousins) – 5:16 "Face Down in the Well" (Cousins) – 5:55 "On a Night Like This" (Cousins) – 2:27 "If" (Cousins) – 5:07 "Cold Steel" (Lambert)) – 5:07 "Sunday Morning" (Cousins, Lambert) – 3:24 "This Barren Land" (Cousins, Lambert) – 4:47 "When the Lights Came On" (Lambert) – 5:43 "Russian Front" (Cousins, Chas Cronk, John Hawken, Lambert) – 5:40 "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" (Cousins) – 4:14 "NRG" (Cousins) – 4:09
Personnel Strawbs Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, Chromaharp Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar Chas Cronk – backing vocals, bass guitar, guitar John Hawken – keyboards Rod Coombes – drums, percussion
Additional personnel Chris While – vocals Julie Matthews – vocals Adam Wakeman - piano Robert Kirby – French horn, string arrangements Michael Humphrey – violin Paul Robson – violin Jonathan Welch – viola Rebecca Gilliver – cello Nick Worters – double bass
Recording
Recorded at KD's Studio, Chiswick, London Dave Cousins – producer Kenny Denton, Chas Cronk – engineers Roger Wake – masteringSleeve notes to DC WMCD 2020 Déjà Fou
Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog United Kingdom Witchwood CD WMCD2020
References
External links Déjà Fou on Strawbsweb