Released March 1971 Artist Humble Pie Label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Length 38:43 Release date March 1971 | |
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Recorded Olympic Studios, London,
January 1971 Producer Glyn Johns & Humble Pie Rock On
(1971) Performance Rockin' the Fillmore
(1971) Genres Rock music, Blues rock, Hard rock Similar Humble Pie albums, Rock music albums | ||
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Rock On is the fourth studio album by the English rock group Humble Pie, released in 1971. It reached #118 on the Billboard 200.
Contents
Background
The final studio album to feature guitarist and vocalist Peter Frampton, Rock On saw Humble Pie establishing the heavy blues/rock sound they became famous for, led in no small part by their new manager, Dee Anthony, after the collapse of Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate Records. But this was not where Frampton wanted to be and within a year he had quit the group to pursue his solo career and take his music in a more acoustic direction.
Most of the songs on Rock On were performed live on tour before being recorded for the album. Marriott turned the production into a studio party of sorts, featuring numerous guest performers from the world of blues and soul. Distinguished performers such as PP Arnold, who Marriott knew very well from his Small Faces days, Doris Troy who had a U.S. hit in the early 1960s with her own self-composed song "Just One Look" (later covered by The Hollies), and Claudia Lennear (who had sung backing for artists such as Joe Cocker, Freddie King and Gene Clark), were featured on this album.
The album features the classic rock song "Stone Cold Fever" written by band members Marriott, Ridley, Frampton and Shirley. Steve Marriott's ballad "A Song For Jenny" (written for first wife Jenny Rylance) features The Soul Sisters (Doris Troy, P.P. Arnold and Claudia Lennear) on backing vocals. B.J. Cole contributes pedal steel guitar. "Strange Days" is a ballsy blues rock song, in which Marriott's powerful vocals soar as close to a live performance as any on this album. The vocals have a delayed echo, sounding grounded yet "out there"; and Frampton's guitar solos weave throughout. It is also the longest song on the album. "Sour Grain" was a joint composition by Peter Frampton and Steve Marriott, keeping the same tempo as "Shine On", but with just Steve on vocals.
Track listing
- "Shine On" - (Frampton) – 3:00
- "Sour Grain" - (Frampton, Marriott) – 2:40
- "79th and Sunset" - (Marriott) – 3:01
- "Stone Cold Fever" - (Ridley, Marriott, Shirley, Frampton) – 4:09
- "Rollin' Stone" - (Muddy Waters, arranged by Humble Pie) – 6:00
- "A Song for Jenny" - (Marriott) – 2:35
- "The Light" - (Frampton) – 3:15
- "Big George" - (Ridley) – 4:08
- "Strange Days" - (music-Humble Pie; words-Marriott) – 6:36
- "Red Neck Jump" - (Marriott) – 3:06
Personnel
Songs
1Shine On3:03
2Sour Grain2:43
379th And Sunset3:03