Released 29 October 1971 Release date 29 October 1971 | Length 38:13 | |
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Family between blue and me
Fearless is the fifth album by the British progressive rock band Family, which was released on 29 October 1971. It was known for its innovative layered-page album headshots of the band's members melding into a single blur.
Contents
- Family between blue and me
- Family fearless 1971
- Reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Chart positions
- Songs
- References
Family fearless 1971
Reception
Writing in the US rock magazine Creem, reviewer Ed Ward, after admitting that he hadn't liked Family, called Fearless "a good, strong album, loaded with some of the most intense, high energy British rock and roll being made these days", but still rated it "not quite as good as Anyway" (which hadn't been released in the United States at that time, anyway). He dismissed tracks "Spanish Tide" and "Children" as "filler", but concluded that "what's left is fine indeed."
Jack Breschard, writing in Crawdaddy, went further and declared the album to be "nothing less than brilliant." He singled out Side One for particular praise, "being the catchiest album side I've heard in a very long time." He thought that much of the album's strength lay in "the multi-instrumentality of the band", adding that although the band's range was wide "no-one gets hung up in a bunch of musical pretensions."
AllMusic deemed the album "uneven", but noted that it had some strong highlights, such as "Spanish Tide", "Save Some for Thee", and "Take Your Partners", the last of which saw "the bandmembers maneuver their interaction with an aptitude and skill that would arguably best any jam-based aggregate of the day."
Track listing
All selections are by Roger Chapman and Charlie Whitney except where noted.
Personnel
Chart positions
(*This was Family's first appearance on the Billboard charts in the U.S.)
Songs
1Between Blue and Me4:58
2Sat'd'y Barfly3:59
3Larf and Sing2:45