The Storm/Anyway You Want/Leafy Lane/Naturally/Roamin'/Happy My Love/Childhood Dream/She/ Highway/At The Ball/People
Second and final album from the Kent rock band Fat Mattress fronted by former Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding. Limited sales and personal differences would soon end in their collapse.
“More in the same vein as their first, though somewhat off the pace. Still featuring great vocal harmony, the material is weaker, degrading the overall quality of the album.”
“Layers of instruments and vocals permeate through every track. Anyway You Want is a strong example of a good Fat Mattress song. There is an organ and rhythm guitar holding the middle with a simple chord progression and two subtle lead guitars are riding over the top. This mixed with the searing vocal makes for a perfect song that should be heard a few times to appreciate.”
“Great early 70s straight ahead rock LP with a few stray psych/pop influences. Surprisingly good.”
“The mood is breezy psychedelic folk-rock with a dash of early progressive rock, though some of the songs on side one in particular have a heavier feel than most of the first album. The songs are not up to the debut's modest standard, however, and the lingering feeling is that of a tolerable but fairly anonymous '60s-turning-into-'70s band with a transatlantic feel.”
“In the manner of many second albums, Fat Mattress' follow up outing was similar to, but also inferior to, their debut. Again, Noel Redding didn't take as much as a leadership role as some listeners might have expected given his prior stardom as bassist in the Jimi Hendrix Experience. In fact, he is less of a presence on this record, at least as a composer, his contributions in that regard limited to three songwriting co-credits.”
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