Forthcoming

Kevin Peek (Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Guitar Synths)
Tristan Fry (Drum Kit & Percussion, Waterphone)
Steve Gray (Keyboards)
Herbie Flowers (Electric & String Bass, Tuba)
John Williams (Acoustic & Electric Guitars)

Released: April 1982

Peak position in UK charts: 7 (April 1982)

Availability: Sky 4 was released on CD at the time of release in Australia, and later in 1993 on the Music Club budget label in the UK, and with a different cover in Europe. It is hardly surprising that, 10 years later, it is now out of print and not available in shops. It is generally fairly easy to find on eBay even if listed as "rare".

In the meantime, click on the track title to hear/download an MP3 sample from the track (roughly one minute in all cases). I don't include the full tracks for a multitude of reasons, and never will.

Short Review:It wasn't question of "if", but of "when" Sky would produce their first album consisting solely of "interpretations" of classical pieces. The best-known of the pieces, the Ride of the Valkyries, is in my estimation a total flop. OK, so the band insist it's a joke. Sorry, guys, but some jokes just aren't funny! And if you need to explain a joke, it's even worse. The only tracks on this album which work for me don't actually form part of the canon of Western classical music at all: "Z" (which John had already recorded twice during his career: once "straight", with Maria Farandouri providing vocals, and once with a more jazzy feel), Xango (not a great piece of music in the grand scheme of things, but pleasant nevertheless) and the final track, which I agree isn't what Sky should be about, but so what? Agree? Disagree? Have your say in the Forum!