Top 7 Barclay James Harvest Songs

In Memory of the Martyrs is a great song; possibly the last real BJH 'Classic'? In all honesty I stopped listening to their output after the 'Turn of the Tide' lp (saw them on that tour, supposedly Twelfth Night were supposed to be the support as they (briefly) had the same management but it never happened). The 'Turn..' lp brought a slight renaissance in the UK for the band (instrumental part of one of the tracks (Death of a city I think..) was used on the satirical TV show 'Not the Nine o clock news'.. but all in all was only marginally better than 'Eyes of the Universe'... without Woolly in the mix it was just sliding off into the soft rock zone. The next time I saw them was 2002 as 'BJH through the eyes of John Lees and Woolly Wolstenholme'..

The only BJH album I have on your list is Everyone is Everybody Else. I also have:- Barclay James Harvest & Other Stories; Time Honoured Ghosts; Octoberon; XII; and also a compilation titled "Mocking Bird". I'd trade ALL of Genesis' post-1970's albums for just one more Barclay James Harvest album.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - July 15 2020 at 16:18

Kingsnake wrote: 1. The Poet / After the Day 2. Summer Soldier 3. Ra 4. She Said 5. For No One 6. Medicine Man 7. The World Goes On For me one of the best symphonic progrockbands out there.