Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (US), MFCD 847
Style: Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Country: Moreton, Essex, England, UK
Time: 38:53
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 220 Mb
Charts: U.S. #118, CA #87.
Rock
On saw Humble Pie establishing the heavy blues/rock sound they became
famous for, led in no small part by their new manager, Dee Anthony,
after the collapse of Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate Records. It was
Frampton's favourite album with Humble Pie, but he was becoming unhappy
with continuing in the band. In the latter part of the year, after their
live album Performance Rockin' the Fillmore was mixed, and shortly
before it was released, he left the band to pursue a solo career, and
take his music in a more acoustic direction.
Most of the songs on
Rock On were performed live on tour before being recorded for the album.
Singer and guitarist Steve Marriott turned the production into a studio
party of sorts, featuring numerous guest performers from the world of
blues and soul. Distinguished performers such as PP Arnold, who Marriott
knew very well from his Small Faces days, Doris Troy who had a U.S. hit
in the early 1960s with her own self-composed song "Just One Look"
(later covered by The Hollies), and Claudia Lennear (who had sung
backing for artists such as Joe Cocker, Freddie King and Gene Clark),
were featured on this album.
The album features the classic rock song
"Stone Cold Fever", written by band members Marriott, bassist Greg
Ridley, Frampton and drummer Jerry Shirley. Marriott's ballad "A Song
For Jenny" (written for first wife Jenny Rylance) features The Soul
Sisters (Doris Troy, P.P. Arnold and Claudia Lennear) on backing vocals.
B.J. Cole contributes pedal steel guitar. "Strange Days" is a blues
rock song in which Marriott's powerful vocals soar as close to a live
performance as any on this album. The vocals have a delayed echo,
sounding grounded yet "out there"; and Frampton's guitar solos weave
throughout. It is also the longest song on the album. "Sour Grain" was a
joint composition by Frampton and Marriott, keeping the same tempo as
"Shine On", but with just Marriott on vocals. "Big George" was a Ridley
composition, for which he sang the lead vocals.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_On_(Humble_Pie_album)
01. Shine On (03:05)
02. Sour Grain (02:41)
03. 79th And Sunset (03:00)
04. Stone Cold Fever (04:10)
05. Rollin' Stone (06:05)
06. A Song For Jenny (02:35)
07. The Light (03:19)
08. Big George (04:10)
09. Strange Days (06:38)
10. Red Neck Jump (03:06)
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