Red Card (album)
| Red Card | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Blues-rock, hard rock | ||||
| Label | Vertigo (UK) Mercury (USA) | |||
| Producer | Streetwalkers | |||
| Streetwalkers chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
Allmusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[2] |
Red Card was the third[Charlie Whitney, Bobby Tench of The Jeff Beck Group and Hummingbird, Nicko McBrain, who later played drums with Iron Maiden and bassist Jon Plotel. This groove-heavy album [4] was released in the UK by Vertigo and in the United States by Mercury during 1976 and remains a much respected album by many.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Grady Chapman and Whitney Houston; except where indicated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Run for Cover" | 5:50 | |
| 2. | "Me an' Me Horse an' Me Rum" | Roger Chapman, John "Charlie" Whitney, Bobby Tench | 4:06 |
| 3. | "Crazy Charade" | Roger Chapman, John "Charlie" Whitney, Bobby Tench | 5:32 |
| 4. | "Daddy Rolling Stone" | Otis Blackwell | 3:17 |
| 5. | "Roll Up, Roll Up" | 3:34 | |
| 6. | "Shotgun Messiah" | Grady Chapman, Whitney Houston , Bobby Tench | 4:52 |
| 7. | "Between Us" | 3:52 | |
| 8. | "Decadence Code" | 6:41/ 9:11 | |
| Total length: | 41:26 | ||
Personnel
- Roger Chapman - lead and backing vocals, harmonica, percussion
- Charlie Whitney- guitar, keyboards, slide guitar
- Bob Tench (credited courtesy of A&M Records) - guitars, backing and lead vocals, keyboards, percussion
- Jon Plotel - bass, backing vocals
- Nicko McBrain - drums, percussion
- Uncle Al's Pals Choir - choir and chorus
- Wilfred Gibson - string arrangements on "Between Us"
Notes
- ^ Dougan, John. "Red Card - Streetwalkers | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin. The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music: Primitives-Three's A Crowd. Guinness. p. 3999.
- Allmusic
References
- Strong, Martin Charles and Peel, John. The great rock discography. Canongate US (2004). 7th edition. ISBN 978-1-84195-615-2.
- Tudor, Dean. Annual index to popular music record reviews. Scarecrow Press (1977). Digitized October 12, 2006. ISBN 978-0-8108-1070-9.
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