29-03-2017, 07:31
(This post was last modified: 29-03-2017, 09:09 by CRAZY-HORSE.)
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SMOKIE "bright lights and back alleys" cd, 1977
Smokie's fourth studio album...
surprised to see that they never really made it big in their homeland
with only seven or eight top 10 hits and only a couple of albums making
the 'silver' status,...
even more surprised they only ever charted once on the US albums charts
with their third album and only one single making the top thirty over there...
stupid Brits, stupid Yanks!!!
I guess they were bigger here in Australia than anywhere else...
anyway, back to the album, lots of soft rock/acoustic rock tunes here,
mostly catchy material...
two singles off here, "its your life" and "needles and pins", both top10 in the UK and Australia..
one cover on here, "needles and pins", love their version more than that one by Searchers...
one of the most underrated bands on the 70s-early 80s IMO...
love this album, my fave wasn't even issued as a single:
[video=youtube;iydaXKGvjE0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iydaXKGvjE0[/video]
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.