Air Cut
Studio album by Curved Air
Released	April 1973
Recorded	January–February 1973
Studio	Advision Studios, London[1]
Genre	Rock, progressive rock, folk rock
Length	39:59
Label	Warner Bros.[1]
Producer	Martin Rushent[1]
Curved Air chronology
Phantasmagoria (1972) Air Cut (1973) Curved Air – Live (1975)

Air Cut is the fourth studio album by Curved Air and was recorded in 1973, following the departure of three of the band's founding members. Only Sonja Kristina and Mike Wedgwood remained in the band from their previous album^[2] and Air Cut took them in a more rock-oriented direction.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

While offering high praise for the track "Metamorphosis", AllMusic's reaction to the album was otherwise lukewarm, stating that most of the songs were straightforward rock numbers and "pictured a group trying to widen its audience without sounding convinced it was the right thing to do." It concluded that Air Cut's main point of interest is the debut of Eddie Jobson.^[2]

Track listing

Side one

Side two

Personnel

Curved Air

• Sonja Kristina – lead (1-4, 6, 8) and backing (7) vocals, acoustic guitar (2)
• Eddie Jobson – electric violin, backing vocals (6), VCS3 synthesizer, mellotron, pianos, organ, harpsichord (2)
• Kirby Gregory – guitars, bass guitar (4), backing vocals
• Mike Wedgwood – bass guitar (all but 4), acoustic guitar (4), backing and lead (7, 8) vocals
• Jim Russell – drums

Additional credits

• Artwork design by Modula
• Artwork illustration based on drawing by Ian Fink
• Engineer – Paul "The Rock" Hardiman
• Photography – Mal Linwood-Ross & Mike Putland

References