''Transparental'' is the ninth solo album by Dutch guitarist

Jan Akkerman Jan Akkerman (born 24 December 1946) is a Dutch guitarist. He first found international commercial success with the band Focus (band), Focus, which he co-founded with Thijs van Leer. After leaving Focus, he continued as a solo musician, adding ja ...

, released in 1980. It appeared under the name "Jan Akkerman and Kaz Lux".

Track listing

#"Inspiration" - 6:20 #"Apocalypso" - 6:35 #"Concentrate Don't Hesitate" - 6:35 #"Transparental" - 1:10 #"I Don't Take It Much Longer" - 3:55 #"Marsha" - 5:20 #"You're Not the Type" - 6:05 #"The Party Is Over" - 4:40

Personnel

*Kaz Lux -

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

- guitars,

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*Cees van der Laarse -

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Pierre van der Linden Pierre van der Linden (born 19 February 1946) is a Dutch drummer, songwriter and member of the band, Focus. Early life Pierre van der Linden was born in Amsterdam in 1946. His father was Dutch actor Ab van der Linden, who was known in the Ne ...

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

*Manuel Lopez - drums on tracks 6 and 8 *

Rick van der Linden Rick van der Linden (5 August 1946, Badhoevedorp, North Holland - 22 January 2006, Groningen) was a Dutch composer and keyboardist. Van der Linden first gained fame as a member of Ekseption, but he played in several other bands including most n ...

- keyboards *

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percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

*Grace van der Laarse - Percussion {{Authority control 1980 albums Jan Akkerman albums