Kew. Rhone.
| Kew. Rhone. | ||||
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| Released | March 1977 | |||
| Recorded | October 1976 | |||
| Studio | Grog Kill Studio, Woodstock, New York | |||
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| Length | 36:43 | |||
| Label | Virgin (UK) Europa (US) Voiceprint Records Le Chant du Monde | |||
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Kew. Rhone. is a concept album by British bass guitarist and composer John Greaves, and American singer-songwriter and guitarist Peter Blegvad. It is a song cycle composed by Greaves with lyrics by Blegvad, and was performed by Greaves and Blegvad with vocalist Lisa Herman and others. The album was recorded in Woodstock, New York in October 1976, and was released in the UK in March 1977 by Virgin Records, credited on the front cover to "John Greaves, Peter Blegvad and Lisa Herman", but on the record label as "John Greaves and Peter Blegvad". It was issued in the US in 1978 by Europa Records.
Blegvad's lyrics on Kew. Rhone. are filled with "anagrams, palindromes and other verbal games".
An enhanced CD version of Kew. Rhone., issued by Voiceprint Records in 1998, included an interactive multimedia track entitled "Kew. Rom.". The album was a critical success, but failed commercially; AllMusic called it "an unfortunately neglected masterpiece of '70s progressive rock."