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Despite being a double album it reached number one in the British Album charts, and at the time was the fastest double album to receive platinum status in the UK,[1] while the instrumental single “Toccata” peaked at 5 in the British Singles Chart.[2] The album was released in the United States and Canada as Sky (not to be confused with the band’s debut album of that name), becoming the group’s first and highest-charting entry on the Billboard 200.  Francis Monkman played guitar on the 20-minute rock suite “FIFO” because, in his words, “I felt it necessary to inject a grunge element”.[3] “FIFO” stands for “First In, First Out”, and is a piece about computer processing.[4]The track “Tuba Smarties” is a light-hearted piece composed and played on tuba by bassist Herbie Flowers, and commonly played during the band’s live show as a humorous encore. It is named after Smarties chocolate candies, by Rowntree’s, which at the time were virtually unknown outside of Europe.The track “Vivaldi”, is Sky’s own version of an earlier track by fellow progressive rock band Curved Air, of which Monkman was formerly a member. It originally appeared on their 1970 album “Air Conditioning”.  Table of ContentsTrack listing[edit]Original vinyl \/ 1980 Spanish cassette[edit]1980 UK cassette (ZC SKY2)[edit]1992 Freestyle Records CD (SKY CD 2)[edit]1992 Music Club CD (MCCD 078) & 1994 Nota Blu CD (9403201)[edit]1992 & 1993 Success CDs (22620CD \/ 16031CD)[edit]1994 Merlin Records CD[edit]2005 Castle Music CD (CMRCD1087)[edit]2014 Esoteric Recordings CD & DVD[edit]Personnel[edit]Weekly charts[edit]Year-end charts[edit]Certifications[edit]References[edit]Track listing[edit]Original vinyl \/ 1980 Spanish cassette[edit]Side oneTitleWriter(s)1.“Hotta”Kevin Peek, Herbie Flowers7:462.“Dance of the Little Fairies”Flowers3:313.“Sahara”Peek6:56Total length:18:13Side two \u2013 FIFOTitleWriter(s)1.“Fifo”Francis Monkman6:442.“Adagio”Monkman2:293.“Scherzo”Monkman4:194.“Watching the Aeroplanes”Monkman3:33Total length:17:05Side fourTitleWriter(s)1.“Vivaldi”Darryl Way4:032.“Scipio”Flowers12:093.“Toccata”Bach, Arr. Peek4:42Total length:20:541980 UK cassette (ZC SKY2)[edit]Side oneTitle1.“Hotta”7:462.“Dance of the Little Fairies”3:313.“Sahara”6:554.“FIFO” (1st Movement Fifo \/ 2nd Movement Adagio \/ 3rd Movement Scherzo \/ 4th Movement Watching The Aeroplanes)17:055.“Vivaldi”4:03Total length:39:20Side twoTitle1.“Tuba Smarties” (live)3:182.“Ballet-Volta”2:453.“Gavotte & Variations”6:144.“Andante”2:585.“Tristan’s Magic Garden”4:096.“El Cielo”4:207.“Scipio” (Part I And Part II)12:098.“Toccata”4:42Total length:40:351992 Freestyle Records CD (SKY CD 2)[edit]Title1.“Hotta”7:462.“Dance of the Little Fairies”3:313.“Sahara”6:564.“Fifo” (1st Movement)6:445.“Adagio” (2nd Movement)2:296.“Scherzo” (3rd Movement)4:197.“Watching The Aeroplanes” (4th Movement)3:338.“Tuba Smarties” (live)3:189.“Ballet-Volta”2:4510.“Tristan’s Magic Garden”4:0911.“El Cielo”4:2012.“Vivaldi”4:0313.“Scipio”12:0914.“Toccata”4:48Total length:70:50This version omits “Gavotte & Variations” and “Andante” from the original album.1992 Music Club CD (MCCD 078) & 1994 Nota Blu CD (9403201)[edit]Title1.“Hotta”7:482.“Dance of the Little Fairies”3:383.“Sahara”6:554.“FIFO” (1st Movement Fifo \/ 2nd Movement Adagio \/ 3rd Movement Scherzo \/ 4th Movement Watching The Aeroplanes)17:135.“Tuba Smarties” (live)3:226.“Ballet-Volta”2:467.“Gavotte & Variations”6:138.“Andante”2:599.“Tristan’s Magic Garden”4:1110.“El Cielo”4:2511.“Vivaldi”4:0312.“Scipio” (Parts I and II; early fade)11:0713.“Toccata”4:40Total length:79:29This version contains all tracks from the original album, although “Scipio” has been faded out early, omitting some repeats, in order to fit the album onto one CD.1992 & 1993 Success CDs (22620CD \/ 16031CD)[edit]Title1.“Hotta”7:472.“Dance of the Little Fairies”3:323.“Sahara”6:564.“FIFO” (1st Movement \u2013 Fifo \/ 2nd Movement \u2013 Adagio \/ 3rd Movement \u2013 Scherzo \/ 4th Movement \u2013 Watching The Aeroplanes)17:125.“Tuba Smarties” (live)3:226.“Ballet-Volta”2:467.“Tristan’s Magic Garden”4:118.“El Cielo”4:259.“Vivaldi”4:0310.“Scipio” (Part I and Part II)12:0911.“Toccata”4:42Total length:71:26Largely follows the track list of the 1992 Freestyle Records CD, except all movements of “FIFO” are combined into one track, and some track lengths are slightly different.1994 Merlin Records CD[edit]Title1.“Hotta”7:482.“Dance of the Little Fairies”3:353.“Sahara”6:564.“FIFO” (1st Movement Fifo \/ 2nd Movement Adagio \/ 3rd Movement Scherzo \/ 4th Movement Watching The Aeroplanes)17:155.“Tuba Smarties” (live)3:226.“Ballet-Volta”2:477.“Tristan’s Magic Garden”4:118.“El Cielo”4:269.“Vivaldi”4:0410.“Scipio” (Parts 1 And 2; early fade)11:0711.“Toccata”4:42Total length:70:13Almost the same as the Success pressings, except for some minor track length differences, and the fact that the early fade edit of “Scipio” from the Music Club issue has been used. The Merlin Records cassette, released at the same time as this CD, however, contains the full album in its original track order, albeit still with the edited version of “Scipio” (“Tuba Smarties” is the last track on side one and “Ballet-Volta” is the first track on side two).2005 Castle Music CD (CMRCD1087)[edit]Title1.“Hotta”7:472.“Dance of the Little Fairies”3:323.“Sahara”6:564.“Medley” (Fifo \/ Adagio \/ Scherzo \/ Watching The Aeroplanes)17:135.“Tuba Smarties” (live)3:226.“Ballet Volta”2:467.“Gavotte & Variations” (edited version)5:158.“Andante”2:589.“Tristan’s Magic Garden”4:1110.“El Cielo”4:2511.“Vivaldi”4:0312.“Scipio” (Parts I and II)12:0913.“Toccata”4:40Total length:79:17This version contains all album tracks, including the full length version of “Scipio”. However, “Gavotte & Variations” has been edited to omit the final variation instead.2014 Esoteric Recordings CD & DVD[edit]CD: original album (remaster)Title1.“Hotta”\u00a02.“Dance of the Little Fairies”\u00a03.“Sahara”\u00a04.“FIFO” (Fifo \/ Adagio \/ Scherzo \/ Watching The Aeroplanes)\u00a05.“Tuba Smarties” (live)\u00a06.“Ballet Volta”\u00a07.“Gavotte & Variations” (edited version)\u00a08.“Andante”\u00a09.“Tristan’s Magic Garden”\u00a010.“El Cielo”\u00a011.“Vivaldi”\u00a012.“Scipio” (Parts I & II)\u00a013.“Toccata”\u00a0DVD: video recordings (NTSC \/ Region free). Tracks 1\u201313 all recorded at Hammersmith Odeon; broadcast as “Rhythm on Two” \u2013 BBC TV 24 & 31 July 1980.Title1.“Toccata”4:382.“Danza”3:073.“Sahara”8:074.“Dance of the Little Fairies”4:335.“Ballet \/ Volta”4:356.“Vivaldi”4:417.“Hotta”10:278.“Carillon”3:579.“Dies Irae”7:4810.“Danza Paraguaya”2:2111.“Valse Creollo”3:2212.“Tuba Smarties”3:2813.“FIFO” (1st, 2nd & 4th movements)12:2214.“Toccata” (“Top of the Pops” \u2013 BBC TV 10 April 1980)2:12The CD in this version is sourced from the masters of the 2005 Castle reissue and as such contains the same edited version of “Gavotte & Variations”.Personnel[edit]John Williams \u2013 classical & electric guitarsFrancis Monkman \u2013 keyboards, synthesizers, harpsichord, piano, left-hand channel electric guitar on “FIFO”Herbie Flowers \u2013 bass guitar, tuba on “Tuba Smarties”Tristan Fry \u2013 drums, tuned percussion on “Tristan’s Magic Garden” (drumkit, vibraphone, marimba, bass marimba, tympani & xylophones), trumpet on “Tuba Smarties”Kevin Peek \u2013 electric and classical guitarsWeekly charts[edit]Year-end charts[edit]Certifications[edit]References[edit]Wikimedia ErrorOur servers are currently under maintenance or experiencing a technical problem.Please try again in a few\u00a0minutes.See the error message at the bottom of this page for more\u00a0information. 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