Fat Mattress II
| Fat Mattress II | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1970 | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 40:34 | |||
Polydor | ||||
| Producer | Fat Mattress | |||
| Fat Mattress chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Fat Mattress II | ||||
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Fat Mattress II is the second and final studio album by English rock band Fat Mattress, released in 1970.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
allmusic |    [1] |
Compared with the band's
allmusic, by critic Richie Unterberger as "similar to, but also inferior to, their debut." Unterberger went on to suggest that "The songs aren't even 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."[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Storm" | Neil Landon, Jimmy Leverton | 4:13 |
| 2. | "Anyway You Want" | Landon, Leverton[2] | 3:47 |
| 3. | "Leafy Lane" | Landon, Leverton | 2:50 |
| 4. | "Naturally" | Landon, Leverton | 3:03 |
| 5. | "Roamin'" | Landon, Leverton | 4:25 |
| 6. | "Happy My Love" | Landon, Leverton | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Childhood Dream" | Landon, Leverton | 3:20 |
| 8. | "She" | Landon | 2:36 |
| 9. | "Highway" | Landon, Noel Redding | 4:24 |
| 10. | "At the Ball" | Landon, Redding | 4:13 |
| 11. | "People" | Landon, Redding | 4:00 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hall of Kings" | Landon | 5:32 |
| 2. | "Long Red" | West, Pappalardi, Landsberg, Ventura | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Words" | Landon, Leverton | 4:12 |
| 4. | "The River" | Landon, Leverton | 17:09 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Margarita" | Landon, Leverton | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Cold Wall of Stone" | Landon, Leverton, Jacobs | 2:36 |
| 3. | "Long Red" | West, Pappalardi, Landsberg, Ventura | 4:21 |
| 4. | "Words" | Landon, Leverton | 4:12 |
| 5. | "The River" | Landon, Leverton | 17:09 |
| 6. | "Future Days" | Leverton | 4:02 |
Personnel
- Fat Mattress
- Neil Landon – vocals, production
- Jimmy Leverton – bass, vocals, production
- Eric Dillon – drums, production
- Steve Hammond – guitar, production
- Mick Weaver – keyboards, production
- Additional personnel
- Noel Redding – guitar & vocals on tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, & 11
- engineering
- Roger Wilkinson – engineering on "The Storm" and "Highway"
- Gered Mankowitz – photography
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1970 | Polydor | LP
|
2383 025 | [1][3] |
| Germany | |||||
| United States | 1970 | Atco | LP | SD 33-347 | [1][4] |
| United Kingdom | 1992 | Sequel
|
CD | NEXCD197 | [1][5] |
| United Kingdom | 29 June 2009 | Esoteric | CD | 2135 | [6][7] |
References
- General
- "Fat Mattress 2 > Credits". allmusic. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- "Fat Mattress – Fat Mattress II (LP, Album)". Discogs. 1970. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- Specific
- ^ allmusic. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- ^ Per label on original album. The Black Sheep of the Family: The Anthology credits Noel Redding as a third co-writer.
- ^ "Fat Mattress II by Fat Mattress". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- ^ "Fat Mattress II by Fat Mattress". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- ^ "Fat Mattress II by Fat Mattress". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- ^ "Fat Mattress". Esoteric Recordings. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- ^ "Fat Mattress II – Expanded Edition by Fat Mattress". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 1 July 2009. [dead link]
External links
- Fat Mattress II at Discogs (list of releases)