Fat 1976 Footloose

Genre: Southern Rock
Rate: 320 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:38:33
Size: 88,16 MB



Six years after the release of the debut album, Fat returned with their self-financed 1976 sophomore set – “Footloose”. Produced by Ed Begley and released on their own Dream Merchant label, the album found the band trying to adapt to changing public tastes. With the exception of ‘Footloose and Fancy Free’ and ‘Dirty Money’ which judging by the songwriting credits were apparently older Fat MK I selections, much of the album reflected a mixture of more commercial and polished, mid-1970s AOR sounds.

These guys were too talented to turn in a horrible album and if you could get over their more commercial leanings, tracks like bar band rocker ‘Down Home Girl’ and ‘Get It While It’s Hot’ certainly weren’t bad. ‘Course, the lite-jazzy instrumental ‘Bistro City’ was almost criminal. Peter Newland’s voice and smart songwriting remained the band’s strengths (okay, the country-Caribbean lilted ‘Highway Angel’ was pretty bad, but this time around songwriting chores were shared across the whole group, diluting the overall effect.

The overall effect was that of a group trying to cover all of their bases living in fear they might not get a third change. Say 50% enjoyable, which meant it wasn’t nearly as stunning as the debut. Not a real rarity, but finding a copy in decent shape is surprisingly difficult to locate. (RDTEN1 RYM)



Tracklist:

01 - Footloose And Fancy Free 03:51

02 - Dirty Money 03:48

03 - Highway Angel 04:03

04 - Bistro City 03:56

05 - Down Home Girl 03:38

06 - Get It While It's Hot 06:39

07 - (You Make Me) Nervous 05:00

08 - It Was An Elegant Time 03:50

09 - Immediate Woman 03:48





Fat here:

Download

Fat 1970 Fat

Genre: Southern Rock
Rate: 256 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:42:01
Size: 76,89 MB



Produced by Eddie Jason, 1970's "Fat" is a fantastic and completely overlooked near-classic (a couple of online references say RCA only pressed 400 copies of their debut album). At least to my ears this Massachusetts-based quintet seemed to have everything required for major stardom - a great singer in Peter Newland, killer chops including a pair of impressive lead guitarists in Michael Benson and James Kaminski, and a rock steady rhythm section in drummer William Benjamin and bassist Guy DeVito. That line up coupled with more than their share of first-rate material that was simultaneously tuneful and lyrically interesting made for a great LP. No wonder they met with zilch in terms of commercial success.

With Benson, Kaminski and Newland sharing writing credits, tracks like 'House On the Corner', 'Mine Eyes Have Seen' (with an unexpected jazzy closing segment, the Cream inspired 'Country Girl', and the ballad 'Lonely Lady' (sounding uncannily like something a 1990s band like Creed might have recorded) were tailor made for FM radio. Elsewhere RCA tapped the album for a quickly forgotten single in 'The Shape I'm In' b/w 'Over the Hill' (RCA catalog number 47-9913). The 'A" side happened to be the most top-40 commercial effort on the album and should have generated considerable airplay. Perhaps not a great comparison, but imagine "Can't Buy a Thrill" era Steely Dan had they decided to pursue their rock roots rather than going jazzy and pseudo-sophisticated. All hyperbole aside, these guys had it all and this is one of a handful of albums that I've bothered transferring to CDR for personnel use. (RDTEN1)



Tracklist:

01 - House On The Corner 03:06

02 - Black Sunday 03:20

03 - Mine Eyes Have Seen 04:11

04 - Lonely Lady 04:46

05 - Journey 05:03

06 - Shape I'm In 02:29

07 - Country Girl 05:44

08 - Over The Hill 03:12

09 - Duck Sweat 04:04

10 - Highway 06:06





Fat here:

Download