℗ 2020 UMG Recordings; An A&M Records Release
| Released | January 23, 1973 |
| Duration | 36m 29s |
| Record Label | A&M |
| Genre | Pop |
The Six Wives Of Henry VIII
Rick Wakeman
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Catherine Of Aragon
Rick Wakeman |
3:45 | |||
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1.2
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Anne Of Cleves
Rick Wakeman |
7:50 | |||
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1.3
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Catherine Howard
Rick Wakeman |
6:37 | |||
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1.4
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Jane Seymour
Rick Wakeman |
4:44 | |||
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1.5
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Anne Boleyn 'The Day Thou Gavest Lord Hath Ended'
Rick Wakeman |
6:33 | |||
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1.6
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Catherine Parr
Rick Wakeman |
7:00 |
The Six Wives of Henry VIII is the second studio album by English keyboardist Rick Wakeman, released in January 1973 on A&M Records. It is an instrumental progressive rock album with its concept based on his interpretations of the musical characteristics of the wives of Henry VIII. After signing with A&M as a solo artist, Wakeman decided on the album's concept during a tour of the United States as a member of the rock band Yes. As he read a book about the subject on his travels, melodies he had written the previous year came to him and were noted down. Musicians from Yes and from Strawbs, the group Wakeman was in prior to Yes, also play on the album.
Inspired by a biography of Henry VIII which Wakeman bought at an airport while on his first US tour with Yes, The Six Wives Of Henry VIII provided the keyboardist with a convenient framing device within which to mount a series of melodies he had been toying with for some time. Gathering together a formidable ensemble comprised, in part, of erstwhile and then-current bandmates from Yes and Strawbs, Wakeman fashioned his compositions into distinct themes and timbres, ostensibly to suggest the characteristics (and destiny) of each of the six wives.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – A&M Studio Masters
Tracks 1-6 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-6 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.37 -0.74 to -0.30 | -17.71 -18.71 to -16.73 | -14.23 -14.30 to -14.20 | 11 10 to 12 | |
| 1 | Catherine Of Aragon | -0.30 | -16.73 | -14.2 | 10 |
| 2 | Anne Of Cleves | -0.30 | -17.52 | -14.2 | 12 |
| 3 | Catherine Howard | -0.30 | -17.71 | -14.3 | 11 |
| 4 | Jane Seymour | -0.30 | -18.71 | -14.2 | 10 |
| 5 | Anne Boleyn 'The Day Thou Gavest Lord Hath Ended' | -0.30 | -17.84 | -14.3 | 11 |
| 6 | Catherine Parr | -0.74 | -17.71 | -14.2 | 11 |