Rhapsodies (album)

Rhapsodies
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1979
Recorded1978–1979
StudioLa Grange using the A&M Mobile and Mountain, Montreux, Switzerland
GenreProgressive rock
Length70:17
LabelA&M
(SP-6501)
ProducerTony Visconti
Rick Wakeman chronology
Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record
(1977)
Rhapsodies
(1979)
The Burning
(1981)
Singles from Rhapsodies
  1. "Animal Showdown"
    Released: June 1979
  2. "Swan Lager"
    Released: November 1979

Rhapsodies is a studio double album by English keyboardist Rick Wakeman, released in May 1979 on A&M Records. It was his last studio release on A&M and reached no. 25 in the UK. Described by Wakeman as "probably the most confusing I have ever made" due to the range of styles, it contains generally shorter tracks than his previous work to date, the longest being 5:32. All of his previous non-soundtrack albums had contained at least two tracks over seven minutes long.