''The People Tree'' is an album by British

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that was released on the

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label in 1993. The album was reissued on vinyl by Acid Jazz Records in 2019. The single "Jesse" has been included on a number of acid jazz compilation albums.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album with 4 out of 5 stars. In his review of the 2019 vinyl reissue for ''

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'', Matt Mead calls the album "a record of substance, one that would last the years and decades to come".

Track listing

# "Institution Man" (Neil Corcoran,

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) – 5:26 # "Jesse" (Deighton, Shauna Greene) – 5:02 # "Stardust Bubblegum" (Corcoran, Deighton) – 3:59 # "Mister Freedom" (Bryn Barklam, Corcoran, Deighton) – 4:44 # "Warlocks of the Mind Part I" (Mother Earth) – 3:05 # "Dragster" (Deighton) – 2:40 # "Find It" (Barklam) – 5:13 # "The People Tree" (Deighton) – 3:40 # "Apple Green" (Deighton, Greene) – 4:24 # "Time of the Future" (Corcoran, Deighton) – 6:17 # "Saturation 70" (Barklam, Corcoran, Deighton, Chris White) – 4:24 # "Illusions" (Corcoran) – 3:02 # "Warlocks of the Mind Part II" (Mother Earth) – 3:13 # "A Trip Down Brian Lane" (Barklam, Corcoran, Deighton, White, Eddie Piller) – 11:11

Personnel

* Matt Deighton – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars * Bryn Barklam – Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, piano * Neil Corcoran – bass * Chris White – drums * Meryl Kenton Forbes – backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 2, 3 and 14 *

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– Fender Rhodes * Simon Bartholomew – guitars, percussion, mandolin, Moog * Chris Lawrence – lap steel guitar *

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– trumpet *

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– trombone * Michael Smith – saxophone * Pablo,

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, Shauna Greene, DC Lee, Sherrine, Destry, Obe – backing vocals *

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- photography

References

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