Déjà Fou
Déjà Fou is the 16th studio album by English band Strawbs. The title is a play on the phrase déjà vu, French for "already seen", as the band line-up had been seen 30 years before on the Hero and Heroine album. The phrase déjà fou literally means "already mad".
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| Released | 30 August 2004 | |||
| Recorded | May 2004 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 57:15 | |||
| Label | Witchwood | |||
| Producer | Dave Cousins | |||
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Track listing
    
- "Riviera dei Fiori" (Dave Cousins, Dave Lambert) – 1:43
 - "Under a Cloudless Sky" (Cousins) – 5:16
 - "Face Down in the Well" (Cousins) – 5:55
 - "On a Night Like This" (Cousins) – 2:27
 - "If" (Cousins) – 5:07
 - "Cold Steel" (Lambert)) – 5:07
 - "Sunday Morning" (Cousins, Lambert) – 3:24
 - "This Barren Land" (Cousins, Lambert) – 4:47
 - "When the Lights Came On" (Lambert) – 5:43
 - "Russian Front" (Cousins, Chas Cronk, John Hawken, Lambert) – 5:40
 - "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" (Cousins) – 4:14
 - "NRG" (Cousins) – 4:09
 
Personnel
    
- Dave Cousins – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, chromaharp
 - Dave Lambert – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitar
 - Chas Cronk – backing vocals, bass guitar, guitar
 - John Hawken – keyboards
 - Rod Coombes – drums, percussion
 
- Additional personnel
 
- Chris While – vocals
 - Julie Matthews – vocals
 - Adam Wakeman - piano
 - Robert Kirby – French horn, string arrangements
 - Michael Humphrey – violin
 - Paul Robson – violin
 - Jonathan Welch – viola
 - Rebecca Gilliver – cello
 - Nick Worters – double bass
 
Recording
    
Recorded at KD's Studio, Chiswick, London
- Dave Cousins – producer
 - Kenny Denton, Chas Cronk – engineers
 - Roger Wake – mastering
 
Release history
    
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | 
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| United Kingdom | 30 August 2004 | Witchwood | CD | WMCD2020 | 
References
    
- Déjà Fou on Strawbsweb
 - Sleeve notes to DC WMCD 2020 Déjà Fou
 
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