Back to Front (Caravan album)

Back to Front is the tenth album by English progressive rock band Caravan, released in 1982. Back to Front featured the original lineup of Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Richard Sinclair and David Sinclair after 1971's In the Land of Grey and Pink and is the last studio album to feature that lineup.

Back to Front
Studio album by Caravan
Released	July 1982
Recorded	November 1981–January 1982
Studio	Oak Studios, Herne Bay, Kent
Genre	Progressive rock, Canterbury scene
Length	42:53
Label	Kingdom
Producer	Caravan
Caravan chronology
The Album (1980) Back to Front (1982) BBC Radio 1 (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Back to Herne Bay Front"	Richard Sinclair	5:55
2.	"Bet You Wanna Take It All / Hold On, Hold On"	Pye Hastings	5:20
3.	"A.A. Man"	Richard Sinclair	5:02
4.	"Videos of Hollywood"	John Murphy, Dave Sinclair	5:11

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sally Don't Change It"	Dave Sinclair	4:06
2.	"All Aboard"	Hastings	4:08
3.	"Taken My Breath Away"	Hastings	4:52
4.	"Proper Job / Back to Front"	Dave Sinclair	8:19

Personnel

Caravan

• Pye Hastings – lead vocals (tracks A2, B2–4), guitar; guitar solo (track B4)
• Dave Sinclair – piano, organ, Minimoog and Prophet synthesizers; lead vocals (track B1)
• Richard Sinclair – lead vocals (tracks A1, A3 & A4), bass guitar; guitar solo on "A.A. Man" (track A3)
• Richard Coughlan – drums and percussion; talking voice (track B4)

Additional personnel

• Saxophone solos by Mel Collins
• Recorded by Graeme Quinton-Jones and Jeremy Darby

Release information

• LP Kingdom 5011 (1982)
• CD Eclectic 1010 (2004 remaster)
• CD Eclectic 230448 (2005 remaster)