Identity (Zee album)

Identity
Studio album by
Zee
Released9 April 1984
RecordedSeptember 1983
StudioRectory Studios, Therfield, Hertfordshire
Genre
Length46:03
LabelHarvest/EMI
ProducerRichard Wright, Dave Harris, Tim Palmer
Richard Wright chronology
Wet Dream
(1978) 		Identity
(1984) 		Broken China
(1996)
Alternative cover
Identity 2019 cover
Identity 2019 cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Jerk Music Critic[1]

Identity is the only album by Zee, a short-lived side project of Pink Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright, a duo partnership consisting of Wright and Dave Harris of New Romantic outfit Fashion, released in 1984. Wright later stated that he felt Identity was an "experimental mistake" that should never have been released.[2] The album was written and produced by Wright and Harris and all the lyrics were penned by Harris.

The album makes heavy use of the Fairlight CMI, a musical synthesizer popularized in the 1980s.[3] This creates a very electronic sound that persists through every track.

"Confusion" was released as a single with "Eyes of a Gypsy" as the B-side.[4]

In 2019, the album was reissued with bonus tracks and a new cover art.[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Dave Harris; all music is composed by Richard Wright and Dave Harris

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Confusion"4:17
2."Voices"6:21
3."Private Person"3:36
4."Strange Rhythm"6:36
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Cuts Like a Diamond"5:36
6."By Touching"5:39
7."How Do You Do It"4:45
8."Seems We Were Dreaming"4:57
Cassette bonus track
No.TitleLength
9."Eyes of a Gypsy"4:13
Identity 2019 Disc 1 bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."Confusion (7" Single)"3:37
10."Eyes of a Gypsy (7" Single)"4:20
11."Confusion (12" Single)"6:24
12."Eyes of a Gypsy (12" Single)"4:14
Identity 2019 Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Cuts Like a Diamond"5:24
2."Private Person"3:28
3."Strange Rhythm"6:14
4."Voices"6:15
5."Confusion"4:41

Non-album tracks

  1. "Confusion" (Single Mix) – 3:36
  2. "Confusion" (12" Mix) – 6:21
  3. "Eyes of a Gypsy" (Dub) (from the "Confusion" 12" UK single) – 4:11

Personnel

Harris and Wright in 1984

Production

  • Produced by Richard Wright and Dave Harris
  • Engineered and co-produced by Tim Palmer
  • Overdubs and mixdown by Utopia (London)
  • Artwork by Dave Harris
  • Photography by Paul Cox

References

  1. ^ "Jerk Music Critic review".
  2. ^ "Broken China Interview, by M. Blake, August 1996". Archived from the original on 2013-12-14.
  3. ^ a b "Richard Wright & Dave Harris - Zee: Identity Deluxe Box Set". BurningShed. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. ^ Miles, Barry; Mabbett, Andy (1994). Pink Floyd - The Visual Documentary. London: Omnibus. ISBN 0-7119-4109-2.