Dragonfly (Strawbs album)

Dragonfly
Studio album by
Strawbs
ReleasedFebruary 1970
Recorded1969
StudioIvar Rosenberg Lydteknik, Copenhagen; Morgan Studios, London
GenreFolk rock
Length36:44
LabelA&M
ProducerTony Visconti
Strawbs chronology
Strawbs
(1969) 		Dragonfly
(1970) 		Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Uncut[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

Dragonfly is the second studio album by English band Strawbs. It contains the lengthy and rather progressive ballad "The Vision of the Lady of the Lake" describing the hardships of a boatman who encounters and battles a variety of mystical creatures on a lake, with a sword that was given to him by the lady of the lake. The album marked the first collaboration of Rick Wakeman with the band, though he only played on one song on this album, piano on The Vision of the Lady of the Lake; he eventually joined them on their next album, Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios, in 1970. Tony Visconti also played flute on two other songs.

  1. ^ Dragonfly at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  2. ^ Rob Young Uncut magazine, September 2008.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.