High Tide Albums Ranked

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High Tide was an English rock band, formed in 1969 by Tony Hill (guitar and vocals), Simon House (violin and keyboards), Peter Pavli (bass guitar), and Roger Hadden (drums). High Tide made their first recordings as the backing band on Denny Gerrard’s album Sinister Morning. Gerrard returned the favor by producing their first album, Sea Shanties, which was released in October 1969. Though it met with a scathing review in Melody Maker, reviews in the underground press were universally positive, and sales were just enough to convince Liberty to give the green light to a second album. Here are all of High Tide albums ranked.

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5. Precious Cargo (1989)

“‘Precious Cargo’ is an unreleased collection of seven cuts that the band,had apparently created during a rehearsal / jam in 1970. The main factor that drew me to this disc is that Simon House provides the violin. House’s performance here is better than one might expect.”

4. Interesting Times (1986)

“The tracks on this collection are heavily dependent on House’s electric violin, yielding a more progressive flavored sound than on their previous 2. It’s still quite good, and very consistent as well.”

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3. High Tide (1970)

“The opening track signifies an immediate stylistic shift from the debut as the compositions are more accessible. The violin has more of a folky sound and at the jazzier times evokes a sense of the future sounds of Jean-Luc Ponty in the Mahavishnu Orchestra. The album is primarily string based with the guitar, bass and violin all sharing more less equal turf as Hill’s guitar dominion of the debut had clearly waned.”

2. Open Season (2001)

“Tony Hill (guitar and vocals), Simon House (violin and keyboards), Peter Pavli (bass guitar) and Roger Hadden (drums) create a strangely energetic and yet funereal atmosphere with this unique mix of rock and jazz, reminding one at times of a more philosophical and lighthearted offshoot of Acid Bath’s alter ego band, “Agents of Oblivion”.

1. Sea Shanties (2001)

“Sea Shanties is definitely doom rock–singer Tony Hill gloomily intones some pretty dark lyrics about the earth, death etc. (just check out the first track for an example) with a delivery that isn’t unlike Jim Morrison’s. Except, in this case, Hill takes a few more risks with the high range.”