Nice_'n'_Greasy_(album)

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Nice 'n' Greasy

1973 studio album by Atomic Rooster

Nice 'n' Greasy is the fifth studio album by British rock band Atomic Rooster. It is the only album to include John Goodsall on guitars after the departure of Steve Bolton the previous year. The album failed to chart and the band was dropped from Dawn Records which led to Vincent Crane eventually disbanding the band in 1975 after a tour. The band would enter a hiatus until reforming in 1980.

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In the US, the record was issued on Elektra in a different sleeve (pictured) to most territories and retitled Atomic Rooster IV, as their first album, Atomic Roooster (1970), failed to secure a US release. The US album also had a somewhat different track list to the UK version. The German release Nice & Greasy followed the US track listing, but with a phallic art sleeve.[3][4] It was further reissued in Germany in 1977, this time in yet another new sleeve and retitled This is Atomic Rooster Vol. 2.[5]

Track listing

Original UK version

Side one

  1. "All Across the Country" (Vincent Crane) – 5:10
  2. "Save Me" (Crane) – 3:14 re-recorded, retitled version of "Friday the 13th"
  3. "Voodoo in You" (Jackie Avery) – 7:04
  4. "Goodbye Planet Earth" (Johnny Mandala) – 4:09

Side two

  1. "Take One Toke" (Crane) – 4:59
  2. "Can't Find a Reason" (Crane) – 4:34
  3. "Ear in the Snow" (Crane) – 6:13
  4. "Satan's Wheel" (Crane) – 6:39

2004 Castle Music CD reissue bonus tracks

  2. "What You Gonna Do?" (Farlowe) – 5:23
  3. "Moods" (Crane) – 4:20 "Can't Find a Reason" single B-side
  4. "The Devil's Answer" (John Du Cann) – 4:09 live in Milan 1981
  5. "Throw Your Life Away" (Crane, Du Cann) – 2:49
  6. "Do You Know Who’s Looking for You?" single B-side 1980

Original US / German version

Side one

  1. "All Across the Country" (Vincent Crane) – 5:10
  2. "Save Me" aka "Friday the 13th" (Crane) – 3:14
  3. "Voodoo in You" (Jackie Avery) – 7:04
  4. "Moods" (Crane) – 4:20

Side two

  1. "Take One Toke" (Crane) – 4:59
  2. "Can't Find a Reason" (Crane) – 4:34
  3. "Ear in the Snow" (Crane) – 6:13
  4. "What You Gonna Do" (Chris Farlowe) – 5:23

Personnel

Atomic Rooster

References

  1. [1]
    AllMusic review
  2. [2]
    Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). "Atomic Rooster". Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85-712595-8. A dramatic musical shift towards blue-eyed soul won few new fans, however, and [Vincent] Crane finally dissolved the band in 1974.
  3. [3]
    "Images for the German release art sleeve of Atomic Rooster - Nice & Greasy (1973)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  4. [4]
    The German release art sleeve
  5. [5]
    "Atomic Rooster - This Is Atomic Rooster Vol.2 (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 7 December 2011.

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