A Tab in the Ocean

A Tab in the Ocean is the second album from German-based English progressive rock band Nektar.

A Tab in the Ocean
Studio album by Nektar
Released	November 1972
Recorded	2–13 October 1972 August 1976 (remixed 1976 US version)
Studio	Dierks Studios at Pulheim-Stommeln, Germany The House of Music, West Orange, N.J. (remixed 1976 US version) & Sterling Sound, New York, N.Y (mastered 1976 US version)
Genre	Progressive rock[1]
Length	35:39 69:53 (2004 reissue)
Label	Bacillus Passport Records (remixed 1976 US version)
Producer	Peter Hauke
Nektar chronology
Journey to the Centre of the Eye (1971) A Tab in the Ocean (1972) ...Sounds Like This (1973)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Nektar.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Tab in the Ocean"	16:43

Side two

No.	Title	Length
2.	"Desolation Valley"	5:42
3.	"Waves"	2:30
4.	"Crying in the Dark"	6:17
5.	"King of Twilight"	4:27

2004 reissue

The original German mix 1972

No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Tab in the Ocean"	16:53
2.	"Desolation Valley / Waves"	8:13
3.	"Crying in the Dark"	6:29
4.	"King of Twilight"	4:22

1976 US Mix

No.	Title	Length
5.	"A Tab in the Ocean"	16:04
6.	"Desolation Valley / Waves"	8:33
7.	"Crying in the Dark"	5:14
8.	"King of Twilight"	4:05

2013 reissue

Double CD reissue. Disc one as 2004 reissue above, with both 1972 and 1976 album mixes. The bonus disc two includes more songs from the same "Official Bootleg" 1971 show released on the bonus disc of the 2013 reissue of Journey to the Centre of the Eye, plus a live in the studio track from 1973.

Official Bootleg, Recorded live November 13, 1971 at Bessunger Turnhalle, Darmstadt, Germany

No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Tab in the Ocean"	17:46
2.	"Porecelain Valley (later called "Desolation Valley")"	11:33
3.	"Crying in the Dark"	9:17

Live in the studio 1973

No.	Title	Length
4.	"Desolation Valley / Waves"	8:25

Personnel

Nektar

• Roye Albrighton – guitars, lead vocals
• Mick Brockett – lighting, projections and visual effects
• Allan Freeman – keyboards, backing vocals, Mellotron
• Derek "Mo" Moore – bass, backing vocals
• Ron Howden – drums, percussion

Production

• Peter Hauke – production
• Dieter Dierks – engineering

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[2]	141