Studio Album, released in 1975
Track Listings
1. Stage Whispers (3:00)
2. Love With the Madman (3:05)
3. Maid in Heaven (2:26)
4. Sister Seagull (3:34)
5. Sound Track (6:09)
6. Music in Dreamland (4:44)
7. Jean Cocteau (2:47)
8. Between the Worlds (3:27)
9. Swan Song (5:51)
BONUS TRACKS:
10. Between The Worlds (unreleased single version)
11. Maid In Heaven (Live 1977)
12. Speed Of The Wind
Total Time: 37:03
Sounding remarkably fresh for it's age, Futurama is a fabulous album of depth and great imagery for the space age romantic in all of us who love music in our dreamland. Nelson's guitar is superb on this album, in many guises and sonic attacks. A man in the full bloom of his burgeoning creativity, still blossoming over 25 years later - his output is prodigious and extremely interesting for one relatively unsung outside his circles. The lyrics are often lovely, if a bit 70s fey, but hey who cares when the whole thing is this good. The album rarely has a dull moment, due to Nelson's endless invention of the rock genre in the course of songs, Zappa - esque. Perhaps the highly artistic Bill was always a bit too intellectual for his own good and something went wrong along the line, careerwise - soon to be revealed in a forthcoming autobiography - but the music has kept coming and Nelson's diehard fans are rewarded with personal appearances and frequent volumes of output from his home studio. In Autumn Bill is ready to rock again! I have found Futurama to be very hard to get hold of easily and am astonished that this isn't available for it is indeed a mighty piece of glam-drama-funk-folk-pop-rock-blues, the genre we've all been waiting for was under our noses all the time. Get it!
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