Shamal

The album was written and recorded without the participation of group founder David Allen , and accordingly deprived of the hippistic eccentricity of previous albums. Nevertheless, in general, he retains the style of progressive rock (especially in terms of the guitar work of Steve Hillage ), slowly drifting in the direction of jazz fusion . Typically, an album is seen as transitional in style between Allen's progressive fantasy and Pierre Merlin's jazz fusion of the late 1970s.

The album was produced by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason .

Side a

1. Wingful of Eyes (Howlett) - 8:19
2. Chandra (Lemoine) - 7:16
3. Bambooji (Mahlerb) - 5:21

Side b

1. “Cat in Clark's Shoes” (Mahlerb) - 7:45
2. Mandrake (Merlin) - 5:07
3. “Shamal” (Bauer, Howlett, Lemoine, Mahlerb, Merlin) - 8:58

• Pierre Merlin - drums, vibrophone, tubular bells
• Mike Howlett - bass, vocals
• Jorge Pinchevsky - violin
• Mireille Bauer - percussion, bells, xylophone, gong, marimba
• Sandy Collie - vocals
• Didier Mahlerb - flute, bansuri, gong, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Mikette Girodi - keyboards, vocals
• Steve Hillage - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
• Patrice Lemoine - keyboards

• https://www.allmusic.com/album/shamal-mw0000203791
• http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=4634