High Tide Songs Ranked
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 the High Tide songs ranked.
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10. Missing Out (Sea Shanties, 1969)
“The other classic track in my opinion is the other lengthy ‘Missing Out’. As mentioned earlier the vocals are muffled giving the vocals a desperate, yearning feel. And the track features yet more classic guitar and violin interplay and probably has the best guitar riffs on the album.”
9. The Great Universal Protection Racket (High Tide, 1970)
“More of the same guitar based hard rock found on their debut, but with slightly more adventurous song writing, and pretty much all instrumental. Slightly off par of that fab first album, but that was a very tough act to follow anyway.”
8. The Joke (High Tide, 1970)
“The Joke” opens with Hill’s virtuoso neo-baroque guitar tune, flowing into an interesting collective jam. The game tempo ranges from marching attacks to slow-motion proto-doom art. Tony’s prolonged solos, gravitating towards improvisation, come to the fore, forcing Maestro Simon to be content with a “catch-up” position.”
7. Saneonymous (High Tide, 1970)
“‘Saneonymous’ is like a slowed-down version of ‘Futilist’s Lament’ at times, and has some cool sections (the desperate vocal over the haunting violin in the mid-section and the coda as well as the violin and guitar solos in the coda) but is ultimately too long and compositionally too random and a little bit too long to be fully enjoyed. It’s actually the best track here which is saying something.”
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6. Walking Down Their Outlook (Sea Shanties, 1969)
“‘Walking Down Their Outlook’ gives the impression of a rolling folk track (probably due to the violin) in the refrain, but still has a cool, aggressive refrain with gothic-like violins.”
5. Nowhere (Sea Shanties, 1969)
““Nowhere” displays the remarkable playful interchange between Hill and House as they trade off their virtuosic string skills around a groovy bass line punctuated by jazzy drumming workouts.”
4. Pushed, but Not Forgotten (Sea Shanties, 1969)
“A rather huge contrast when third track “Pushed, But Not Forgotten” is starting even very mellow, soon after amps are switched on again, but on this one the music is much different from before and of much bigger quality and versatility.”
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3. High Tide (High Tide, 1970)
“While it could be argued that the three string sections along with the drums and organ touches deliver a more balanced approach to HIGH TIDE’s unique sound, in the end it sounds a little lightweight in the shadow of the debut’s sheer perfection.”
2. Futilist’s Lament (Sea Shanties, 1969)
“The album kicks off in spectacular fashion with the explosive heavy metal guitar chords of ‘Futilist’s Lament’. I will never forget how I felt when I first heard this: “wow, I can’t believe this was released in 1969”.
1. Death Warmed Up (Sea Shanties, 1969)
“The best guitar-violin interplay is on the following instrumental ‘Death Warmed Up’ which is just over 9 minutes of head-pounding, blistering violin soloing over crunching guitars.”
