Live With Me/Only A Roach/One Eyed Trouser Snake Rumba/Earth & Water Song/I'm Ready/Theme From Skint (See You Later)Red Light Mama Red Hot/Sucking On The Sweet Vine
With their self titled third album British rock act Humble Pie are still searching for a consistent musical style. This would come with the boogie hard rock of their next release, elements of which can be heard here.
“A major improvement over their last album, solid hard blues rock with a nice raw vibe going on. Featuring a fine lead guitarist, and a really good rhythm section with madman vocals. There are some cool toe tappers throughout this LP.”
“This is where Humble Pie really get going after their first two rather mediocre albums. They may never have quite had the songwriting talent, but this shows that they are equal in terms of soul, energy and pure blues-rock power. The tracks alternate between gentle acoustic songs and hard rock numbers, which provides a nice degree of variation. An underrated classic, essential for any blues-rock fan.”
“This is a transitional album for the Pie, moving them away from the multi-style hodgepodge of their first two albums, and towards the fuzzy boogie hard rock of their heyday. This one retains a nice balance of R & B feel and flat out riff mongering.”
“The acoustic songs are less good than the electric, but the ensemble is fantastic, full of the particular heavy soul that Marriott injects here.”
“The tracks sound very much of their era, heavy with psychedelic organ on some, acoustic guitars on others. There is actually a lot of variation in style and counterculture references abound.”
“I really like the rock songs, but the acoustic ballads are a bit syrupy sometimes. The opening track Live With Me is one of the best psychedelic blues tracks I know.”
“This third album from Humble Pie has the keyboards and acoustic guitars of the first two records and also includes the loud brash guitars of later Pie in their heyday.”
“Humble Pie sound extremely fresh on this album. A big plus is that neither Marriott nor Frampton dominates the sound, or gets out of control. A lot of bands featured a 'hard rock' writer, and a softer, 'sweet' writer. With Humble Pie, the writers were usually Marriott (hard stuff) and Frampton (more melodic and gushy). Earth & Water Song, Frampton's contribution here, is his quintessential song. It's the template for everything of his that came after.”
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