Zero She Flies

Zero She Flies
Studio album by
Al Stewart
ReleasedApril 1970
Recorded1969
StudioSound Techniques, London
GenreFolk
Length37:04
LabelCBS
ProducerRoy Guest
Al Stewart chronology
Love Chronicles
(1969) 		Zero She Flies
(1970) 		Orange
(1972)
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Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

Zero She Flies is the third studio album by folk artist Al Stewart, released in 1970. It is the first of his albums to include a song with historical references, namely "Manuscript", which refers to the events which led to the outbreak of World War I, including the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.

The expression "zero she flies" comes from early aviation and refers to the flight of a plane (typically a biplane) flying blind but exactly on course through darkness or dense fog.

Album information

The album is commercially available as part of a CD boxset To Whom It May Concern, which contains his first three albums as well as a single and its B side and a couple of tracks added to the rerelease of Bed-Sitter Images in 1970. The 2007 re-release includes bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Al Stewart; except where indicated.

Original LP release

  1. "My Enemies Have Sweet Voices" (Stewart, Peter Morgan)
  2. "A Small Fruit Song"
  3. "Gethsemane, Again"
  4. "Burbling"
  5. "Electric Los Angeles Sunset"
  6. "Manuscript"
  7. "Black Hill"
  8. "Anna"
  9. "Room of Roots"
  10. "Zero She Flies"

2007 Collectors' Choice Music edition

  1. "My Enemies Have Sweet Voices" (Stewart, Peter Morgan)  – 5:14
  2. "A Small Fruit Song" – 2:02
  3. "Gethsemane, Again" – 5:28
  4. "Burbling" – 3:19
  5. "Electric Los Angeles Sunset" – 3:47
  6. "Manuscript" – 4:45
  7. "Black Hill" – 1:22
  8. "Anna" – 1:47
  9. "Room of Roots" – 3:52
  10. "Zero She Flies" – 5:35
  11. "Stormy Night" – 3:29
  12. "News from Spain" – 6:05
  13. "Lyke-Wake Dirge" (Traditional) – 4:22 vocals by Mimi Fariña

Personnel

Technical
  • Jerry Boys - engineer
  • Sophie Litchfield - photography

Sources

  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r50219