Rock On is a Rock album by Humble Pie, originally released in 1971. On Gatefold: 80 pressings tracked, owned by 7 collectors.
About
Humble Pie’s fourth album (and last to feature guitarist Peter Frampton) is a winning amalgam of junky Stones riffs, Stax-styled soul, Band-esque country, and Zeppelin’s dirty-white-boy blues. The pure sex and strut of “79th and Sunset” capture said influences in all of three minutes—remarkable considering the lyric, which metaphorizes a young U.K. rock star’s longing for an American hit into longing for a California girl. (After his mid- to late-’60s beginning in The Small Faces, Pie singer Steve Marriott never had lucrative American hits.) “A Song for Jenny” is the most musically dynamic in the Pie catalog, lifting pedal-steel melodies and acoustic guitar wisps to shutter-rumble choruses of booming organs and soaring background vocals; the tune is a rock ’n’ roll equivalent of spiritual release and a cheerful selfie to a band just finding its worldly feet (“Today it’s Albuquerque/Tomorrow it’s the world”). The whole album bounces beautifully between those kinds of hard-rock highs and folksy tender lows, where there’s always a beating heart. <i>Rock On</i> is also one of producer Glyn Johns’ finest productions.
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Tracklist
- 1Shine On3:04
- 2Sour Grain2:42
- 379th and Sunset3:02
- 4Stone Cold Fever4:09
- 5Rollin' Stone6:00
- 6A Song for Jenny2:36
- 7The Light3:18
- 8Big George4:09
- 9Strange Days6:36
- 10Red Neck Jump3:07
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Hard Rock
- heavy
- rowdy
- punky
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alexis KornerPERFORMER , VOCALS VOCALS
- BJ ColePEDAL STEEL GUITAR PERFORMER , PEDAL STEEL GUITAR STEEL GUITAR
- Bobby KeysPERFORMER , SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Claudia LennearPERFORMER , BACKING VOCALS
- Doris TroyPERFORMER , BACKING VOCALS
- Greg RidleyBASS BASS, GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR
- Jerry ShirleyDRUMS DRUMS, GUITAR, KEYBOARDS DRUMS, KEYBOARDS
- P.P. ArnoldPERFORMER , BACKING VOCALS
- Peter FramptonGUITAR GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, VOCALS GUITAR, VOCALS, KEYBOARDS
- Soul SistersBACKING VOCALS PERFORMER , BACKING VOCALS
- Steve MarriottGUITAR GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, VOCALS, BLUES HARP GUITAR, VOCALS, HARP, KEYBOARDS
7 collectors on Gatefold own this · 80 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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