[Album Review] Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds

Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds (1978)

THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS
1. Eve of the War (Wayne) - 9:06
2. Horsell Common and the Heat Ray (Wayne) - 11:36
3. The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine (Wayne) - 10:28
4. Forever Autumn (Osborne/Vigrass/Wayne) - 7:55

5. Thunder Child (Osborne/Wayne) - 6:02
THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS
6. Red Weed, Pt. 1 (Wayne) - 5:51
7. The Spirit of Man (Osborne/Wayne) - 11:36
8. Red Weed, Pt. 2 (Wayne) - 7:00
9. Brave New World (Osborne/Wayne) - 12:08
10. Dead London (Wayne) - 8:37
11. Epilogue, Pt. 1 (Wayne) - 4:35
12. Epilogue, Pt. 2 (Wayne)

David Essex - Vocals, Performer
Justin Hayward - Vocals, Performer
Chris Spedding - Guitar
Julie Covington - Vocals, Performer
Herbie Flowers - Guitar (Bass)
Billy Lawrie - Vocals (bckgr)
Phil Lynott - Vocals, Performer
Chris Thompson - Vocals, Performer
Jeff Wayne - Synthesizer, Conductor, Keyboards, Producer, Performer, Orchestration
Richard Burton - Vocals, Performer
Ray Cooper - Percussion
Laurence Diana - Scratching, Assistant Engineer, Assistant, Cutting Engineer
George Fenton - Zither, Taragat, Santur
Bill Foster - Mastering
Ken Freeman - Synthesizer, Keyboards
Barry Morgan - Drums
Gary Osborne - Vocals (bckgr)
Jo Partridge - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
Paul Vigrass - Vocals (bckgr)
Jerry Wayne - Director, Voices, Executive Producer
Geoff Young - Engineer
Roy Jones - Percussion
John Pasche - Art Direction, Design
Barry Da Souza - Percussion
Peter Goodfellow - Artwork
PeSt - Sound Effects
Charles Dubin - Director