Product (Brand X album)

Product
Studio album by Brand X
Released	14 September 1979
Recorded	April 1979
Studio	Startling, Ascot, UK
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	46:40
Label	Charisma (UK) Passport (USA)
Producer	Brand X, Colin Green, Neil Kernon
Brand X chronology
Masques (1978) Product (1979) Do They Hurt? (1980)

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Product is the fourth studio album by the British jazz fusion group Brand X, originally released in 1979. Recorded simultaneously with its follow-up album Do They Hurt?, Product features Phil Collins back on drums following his absence on Masques, while co-founding keyboardist Robin Lumley returned to being a full member, having been a non-performing producer on Masques. Drummer Mike Clark and bassist John Giblin also appear on this album. Two of the album's tracks - "Soho" and "Wal to Wal" - were largely recorded at Phil Collins' Old Croft home in Shalford, Surrey. The album's first CD release in 1989 featured a different running order to the original LP.

1979 LP track listing

Side one

1. "Don't Make Waves" (Goodsall) – 5:28
2. "Dance of the Illegal Aliens" (Jones) – 7:50
3. "Soho" (Goodsall, Collins) – 3:38
4. "...And So to F..." (Collins) – 6:29

Side two

1. "Algon (Where an Ordinary Cup of Drinking Chocolate Costs £8,000,000,000)" (Lumley) – 6:10
2. "Rhesus Perplexus" (Giblin) – 3:59
3. "Wal to Wal" (Jones, Giblin) – 3:09
4. "Not Good Enough - See Me!" (Jones, Robinson) – 7:27
5. "April" (Giblin) – 2:36

1989 CD track listing

1. "Don't Make Waves" (Goodsall) – 5:31
2. "Dance of the Illegal Aliens" (Jones) – 7:49
3. "Soho" (Goodsall, Collins) – 3:40
4. "Not Good Enough-See Me!" (Jones, Robinson) – 7:29
5. "Algon (Where an Ordinary Cup of Drinking Chocolate Costs £8,000,000,000)" (Lumley) – 6:08
6. "Rhesus Perplexus" (Giblin) – 4:00
7. "Wal to Wal" (Jones, Giblin) – 3:14
8. "...And So to F..." (Collins) – 6:28
9. "April" (Giblin) – 2:08

Personnel

• John Goodsall – guitars (1–6, 8, 9), vocals (1, 3, 8)
• Robin Lumley – keyboards (1, 3–6, 9)
• Peter Robinson – keyboards (2, 8)
• John Giblin – bass (1, 3–7, 9)
• Percy Jones – bass (2, 7, 8)
• Phil Collins – drums (1, 3–7, 9), percussion (1, 3–7, 9), vocals (1, 3, 8), drum machine (7)
• Mike Clark – drums (2, 8)
• Morris Pert – percussion (2, 8)

Production

• Brand X – producers
• Colin Green – producer, recording, remixing
• Neil Kernon – producer, recording, remixing
• Phil Collins – engineer (3, 7)
• Richard Austin – remixing
• Rene Ruocco – remixing
• Ray Staff – mastering
• Hipgnosis – sleeve design, photography
• Colin Elgie – sleeve design, graphics
• Paul Canty – additional photography
• John Giblin – additional photography

Notes

• The song "Wal to Wal" is the first recorded song on which Phil Collins used a Roland drum machine. (The first recorded Genesis song on which he used a drum machine is "Duchess".)
• Both "Don't Make Waves" and "Soho" were released as singles and feature Phil Collins on vocals.
• The non-album songs "Pool Room Blues" and "Noddy Goes to Sweden" were outtakes from the Product sessions and used as B-sides to one of the singles. "Noddy Goes to Sweden" was also used on the 1980 album release of Do They Hurt?