Now We Are Six (album)

Now We Are Six
Studio album by Steeleye Span
Released	March 1974
Recorded	December 1973 – January 1974
Studio	Morgan, London
Genre	British folk rock progressive folk
Length	42:35
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Ian Anderson
Steeleye Span chronology
Parcel of Rogues (1973) Now We Are Six (1974) Commoners Crown (1975)

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Now We Are Six is the sixth studio album by British folk rock band Steeleye Span. Its title (borrowed from Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne's collection of poems for children) refers to both its sequence among their albums, and the band's size, in light of the addition of drummer Nigel Pegrum. The album was released in 1974 through Chrysalis Records. It reached number 13 in the UK albums chart.

Although two session drummers had been employed on the group's debut, subsequent albums had seen little use of percussion. However, after Parcel of Rogues there was a conscious decision to add a full-time drummer to bolster the band's rock-oriented sound. Pegrum also contributed flute and oboe parts.