Out in the Sun is the second album by Swiss keyboard player Patrick Moraz, released in August 1977. Record Collector writes that, alongside its predecessor The Story of I (1976), Out in the Sun anticipates "the world music preoccupations of the 80s by several years."
Track listing "Out in the Sun" (Patrick Moraz, John McBurnie) – 4:27 "Rana Batacuda" (Moraz) – 5:33 "Nervous Breakdown" (Moraz, McBurnie) – 3:23 "Silver Screen" (Moraz, McBurnie) – 4:32 "Tentacles" (Moraz, McBurnie) – 3:32 "Kabala" (Moraz) – 4:57 "Love-Hate-Sun-Rain-You" (Moraz, François Zmirou) – 4:51 "Time for a Change" – 9:06 "Time to Fly" (Moraz) "Big Bands of Ancient Temples" (Moraz) "Serenade" (Moraz) "Back to Nature" (Moraz, McBurnie)
Personnel Performers Patrick Moraz – keyboards, vocals, vibraphone, effects François Zmirou – vocals ("Love-Hate-Sun-Rain-You") John McBurnie – vocals ("Out in the Sun", "Rana Batacuda", "Nervous Breakdown", "Silver Screen", "Tentacles", "Kabala" and "Back to Nature") Vivienne McAuliffe – vocals Ray Gomez – guitars, mandolin Wornell Jones – bass guitar Jean Ristori – bass guitar ("Kabala") Isla Eckinger – acoustic bass ("Back to Nature") Testa Chacal – congas, pandeiro, percussion ("Kabala") The Percussionists of Rio de Janeiro – percussion ("Rana Batacuda") Phillipe Staehli – timpani ("Time for a Change") Andy Newmark – drums
Production Patrick Moraz – producer Jean Ristori – producer, engineer Erroll Maibach – assistant engineer Ray Staff – mastering Camille Broye – tape op
Charts Chart (1977) Peakposition
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