11118 - ATOMIC ROOSTER - HEAVY SOUL, DISC TWO (2001)

ATOMIC ROOSTER
''HEAVY SOUL, DISC TWO''
JANUARY 8 2002
141:50
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DISC ONE (70:38)
1 Banstead 03:31 ((Crane, Graham, Palmer)
2 Winter 06:57 (Crane)
3 Broken Wings 05:46 (Jerome, Grun)
4 Friday 13th 03:29 (Crane)
5 Tommorrow Night 03:13 (Crane)
6 Nobody Else 04:58 (Crane, Du Cann)
7 The Devil's Answer 03:26 (Du Cann)
8 Sleeping For Years 05:24 (Du Cann)
9 Death Walks Behind You 07:28 (Du Cann, Crane)
10 Breakthrough 06:15 (Crane, Darnell)
11 Break the Ice 05:03 (Du Cann)
12 Black Snake 05:57 (Crane, Darnell)
13 The Price 05:13 (Crane)
14 Decision / Indecision 03:49 (Crane, Darnell)
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DISC TWO (71:12)
1 Head in the Sky 05:36 (Du Cann)
2 The Rock 04:29 (Crane)
3 Close Your Eyes 03:47 (Crane)
4 Time To Take Your Life 05:59 (Crane)
5 Stand By Me 03:45 (Crane)
6 Breathless 05:16 (Crane)
7 Peaople You Can't Trust 03:52 (Crane)
8 Can't Find a Reason 04:25 (Crane)
9 Save Me 03:13 (Crane)
10 Ear in the Snow 06:12 (Crane)
11 Never To Lose 03:16 (Bolton)
12 Take One Joke 04:59 (Crane)
13 All Across the Country 05:08 (Crane)
14 Moods 04:23 (Crane)
15 Tell Your Story 03:33 (Crane)
16 O.D. 03:12 (Crane)
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ABOUT THE ALBUM/WIKIPEDIA
Heavy Soul is a compilation album by Atomic Rooster, a British rock band.

It is notable for several reasons:

Unlike most other, unlicensed, Atomic Rooster compilations, it covers the entire period from 1970-74.

It is the first in Castle Communications' definitive series of seven remastered Atomic Rooster CDs, the other five consisting of their studio albums from 1970–73 and a Vincent Crane career overview. All were compiled by music journalist Colin Harper, who also supplied extensive sleeve notes.

It contains the only CD issue to date of both sides of the 1974 Vincent Crane/Chris Farlowe-only 7", "Tell Your Story (Sing Your Song)"/"O.D.". However, these two tracks, originally released on Decca, were subect to a short-term licensing deal between Castle and Universal. This meant that they could not be included on the 2004 reissue of Nice 'n' Greasy; indeed, they were also removed from later pressings of Heavy Soul itself.

In 2005, Heavy Soul was also released as a DVD-Audio DualDisc on Silverline Records, Atomic Rooster's only such disc to date. This version was retitled The Best of and though retaining the same packaging and boasting remixed 5.1 surround sound, it omitted many of the tracks in order to facilitate issue as a single disc.
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REVIEW/AMG
Brian O'Neill
Previous hits anthologies representing this interesting prog-metal pioneer are either pricey imports, out of print rarities, sadly incomplete, or any combination of the three. Heavy Soul rectifies this by containing no less than four cuts from each of the band's first five discs that came out during the group's halcyon days of 1970-1973; In Hearing of Atomic Rooster gets eight of its nine cuts placed here, in fact. Some obsessive types might complain that none of the post-Nice & Greasy discs are represented -- for some reason, there's a pocket of fans who salivate over the metallic '80s material the Roost put out before finally calling it a day -- but the key material that put the band on the map is all here. That -- combined with the excellent 16 pages of extensive liner notes, reproductions of old album cover art (slightly confusing since some of the records shown didn't contribute to this collection), and other vintage photos -- makes this a great record to find out about this strange yet sometimes brilliant act. The only drawback is a lack of unreleased gems, making this a rather redundant purchase for the person who is already a fan, but Heavy Soul's packaging still makes it a decent investment even for those already initiated.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Atomic Rooster was a British progressive-rock group formed in 1969 with an original lineup of Vincent Crane (organ), Nick Graham (bass), and Carl Palmer (drums). Their debut album, Atomic Rooster, hit number 49 in the U.K. in June 1970, after which Graham and Palmer left the group. Crane maintained the name and recruited guitarist/singer John Cann and drummer Paul Hammond for the second album, Death Walks Behind You, which hit number 12 in the U.K., where it featured the number 11 single "Tomorrow Night," and number 90 in the U.S. Pete French of Cactus assisted on the third album, In Hearing Of, which featured the number-four U.K. single "The Devil's Answer" and reached number 18 in England and number 167 in America. Then the group split up again, and again Crane assembled a new Atomic Rooster, this time featuring singer Chris Farlowe, guitarist Steve Bolton, bassist Bill Smith, and drummer Rick Parnell. Made in England reached number 149 in the U.S. in 1972, but the group had split again by 1974. Crane fronted lineups of Atomic Rooster into the '80s, before taking up with Dexys Midnight Runners in 1983. In 1989, he committed suicide.
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11117 - ATOMIC ROOSTER - HEAVY SOUL, DISC ONE (2001)

ATOMIC ROOSTER
''HEAVY SOUL, DISC ONE''
JANUARY 8 2002
141:50
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DISC ONE (70:38)
1 Banstead 03:31 ((Crane, Graham, Palmer)
2 Winter 06:57 (Crane)
3 Broken Wings 05:46 (Jerome, Grun)
4 Friday 13th 03:29 (Crane)
5 Tommorrow Night 03:13 (Crane)
6 Nobody Else 04:58 (Crane, Du Cann)
7 The Devil's Answer 03:26 (Du Cann)
8 Sleeping For Years 05:24 (Du Cann)
9 Death Walks Behind You 07:28 (Du Cann, Crane)
10 Breakthrough 06:15 (Crane, Darnell)
11 Break the Ice 05:03 (Du Cann)
12 Black Snake 05:57 (Crane, Darnell)
13 The Price 05:13 (Crane)
14 Decision / Indecision 03:49 (Crane, Darnell)
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DISC TWO (71:12)
1 Head in the Sky 05:36 (Du Cann)
2 The Rock 04:29 (Crane)
3 Close Your Eyes 03:47 (Crane)
4 Time To Take Your Life 05:59 (Crane)
5 Stand By Me 03:45 (Crane)
6 Breathless 05:16 (Crane)
7 Peaople You Can't Trust 03:52 (Crane)
8 Can't Find a Reason 04:25 (Crane)
9 Save Me 03:13 (Crane)
10 Ear in the Snow 06:12 (Crane)
11 Never To Lose 03:16 (Bolton)
12 Take One Joke 04:59 (Crane)
13 All Across the Country 05:08 (Crane)
14 Moods 04:23 (Crane)
15 Tell Your Story 03:33 (Crane)
16 O.D. 03:12 (Crane)
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ABOUT THE ALBUM/WIKIPEDIA
Heavy Soul is a compilation album by Atomic Rooster, a British rock band.

It is notable for several reasons:

Unlike most other, unlicensed, Atomic Rooster compilations, it covers the entire period from 1970-74.

It is the first in Castle Communications' definitive series of seven remastered Atomic Rooster CDs, the other five consisting of their studio albums from 1970–73 and a Vincent Crane career overview. All were compiled by music journalist Colin Harper, who also supplied extensive sleeve notes.

It contains the only CD issue to date of both sides of the 1974 Vincent Crane/Chris Farlowe-only 7", "Tell Your Story (Sing Your Song)"/"O.D.". However, these two tracks, originally released on Decca, were subect to a short-term licensing deal between Castle and Universal. This meant that they could not be included on the 2004 reissue of Nice 'n' Greasy; indeed, they were also removed from later pressings of Heavy Soul itself.

In 2005, Heavy Soul was also released as a DVD-Audio DualDisc on Silverline Records, Atomic Rooster's only such disc to date. This version was retitled The Best of and though retaining the same packaging and boasting remixed 5.1 surround sound, it omitted many of the tracks in order to facilitate issue as a single disc.
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REVIEW/AMG
Brian O'Neill
Previous hits anthologies representing this interesting prog-metal pioneer are either pricey imports, out of print rarities, sadly incomplete, or any combination of the three. Heavy Soul rectifies this by containing no less than four cuts from each of the band's first five discs that came out during the group's halcyon days of 1970-1973; In Hearing of Atomic Rooster gets eight of its nine cuts placed here, in fact. Some obsessive types might complain that none of the post-Nice & Greasy discs are represented -- for some reason, there's a pocket of fans who salivate over the metallic '80s material the Roost put out before finally calling it a day -- but the key material that put the band on the map is all here. That -- combined with the excellent 16 pages of extensive liner notes, reproductions of old album cover art (slightly confusing since some of the records shown didn't contribute to this collection), and other vintage photos -- makes this a great record to find out about this strange yet sometimes brilliant act. The only drawback is a lack of unreleased gems, making this a rather redundant purchase for the person who is already a fan, but Heavy Soul's packaging still makes it a decent investment even for those already initiated.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Atomic Rooster was a British progressive-rock group formed in 1969 with an original lineup of Vincent Crane (organ), Nick Graham (bass), and Carl Palmer (drums). Their debut album, Atomic Rooster, hit number 49 in the U.K. in June 1970, after which Graham and Palmer left the group. Crane maintained the name and recruited guitarist/singer John Cann and drummer Paul Hammond for the second album, Death Walks Behind You, which hit number 12 in the U.K., where it featured the number 11 single "Tomorrow Night," and number 90 in the U.S. Pete French of Cactus assisted on the third album, In Hearing Of, which featured the number-four U.K. single "The Devil's Answer" and reached number 18 in England and number 167 in America. Then the group split up again, and again Crane assembled a new Atomic Rooster, this time featuring singer Chris Farlowe, guitarist Steve Bolton, bassist Bill Smith, and drummer Rick Parnell. Made in England reached number 149 in the U.S. in 1972, but the group had split again by 1974. Crane fronted lineups of Atomic Rooster into the '80s, before taking up with Dexys Midnight Runners in 1983. In 1989, he committed suicide.
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6799 - ATOMIC ROOSTER - Rebel With A Clause, Disc Two: Headline News (2005)

ATOMIC ROOSTER
''REBEL WITH A CLAUSE, DISC TWO: HEADLINE NEWS''
NOVEMBER 14 2005
125:05

DISC ONE: "The First 10 Explosive Years"
1. Sleeping For Years (5:27)
2. Seven Streets (6:42)
3. I Can't Take No More (3:32)
4. Taken You Over (4:50)
5. Lost In Space (5:52)
6. Play It Again (3:11)
7. Devil's Answer (live) (4:10)
8. rebel With A Clause (2:57)
9. Night Living (3:38)
10. Death Walks Behind You (7:20)
11. It's So Unkind (4:06)
12. When You Go To Bed (3:43)
13. Head In The Sky (5:38)
14. Break The Ice (4:59)
15. Play The Game (4:46)
16. Tomorrow Night (live) (4:52)
Total Time: 75:50

DISC TWO: "Headline News"
1.Hold Your Fire (4:50)
2. Headline News (5:17)
3. Taking A Chance (3:10)
4. Metal Minds (4:24)
5. Land Of Freedom (3:49)
6. Machine (5:26)
7. Dance Of Death (4:30)
8. Carnival (4:36)
9. Time (6:32)
10. Future Shock (4:25)
11. Medley: Watching Out/ Reaching Out (5:11)
Total Time: 52:15

REVIEWS
By PROGARCHIVES
DISC ONE
The First 10 Explosive Years (1999): In 1970 guitarist and vocalist John DuCann joined Atomic Rooster and he immediately went on tour with the band. When bass player Graham left the band keyboardist Crane refused to replace him and started playing bass lines on the lower part of Hammond organ. To compensate the fact that he couldn't use his left hand to press down chords on the lower manual he created a 'burning' style of playing, often in furious interplay with DuCann. When Carl Palmer left Atomic Rooster to join Keith Emerson and Greg Lake left for supergroup ELP Rick Parnell shortly replaced him. John and Vincent were not satisfied about his skills and had to replace him by Paul Hammond, an extremely good drummer from a local band called Farm. Soon the trio started to develop their influential 'heavy progressive' sound: hard edged progressive music with a swirling Hammond B3 organ and fiery guitarplay. The interplay between John's guitar and Vince organ is hot and often furious. In fact this powerful sound was the precursor to 'progressive metal', many metal- acts from The Eighties pointed at Atomic Rooster as their main source. In '89 it was all over for Atomic Rooster because of Crane's tragical death, he commited suicide. On this great compilation (my favorite Atomic Rooster CD) you will be blown away by the dynamic sound, loaded with short but magnificent soli on guitar and organ, energetic drums and powerful vocals.
DISC TWO
Headline News (1983): After some years in hibernation, the year 1980 saw Vincent Crane collaborate once again with old cohort Arthur Brown and recording a fine album with 'Faster Than The Speed of Light' (in conjunction with German electronic wizzard Klaus Schulze). After this project, Crane decided on re-kindling the Atomic Rooster flame and called upon former guitarist John DuCann and a session drummer and cut a rather 'metal' sounding 'come-back' album which was, at least, partially successful. After some 12 inch E.P's, and some minor shifts in line-up (with yet another Rooster veteran, drummer Paul Hammond re-joining the fold) they cut this album. DuCann had left by this time, and guitar duties were handled by D. Gilmour and Bernie Torme (from Ian Gillan's solo band) and the result was an uneasy blend of typically Rooster- ish (or rather Crane-ish) keyboard heavy prog-flavoured arrangements, and some stabs at blatant commercialism. Yeah, almost no-one could escape the tragic developments of 80's plasticiary - the somewhat cold, synthetic sounding production with 'gated' drums and synth-bass - well, at least after the 1st album, Crane always handled the bass with his Hammond, which sounded mightier than the synth....Anyways, the good songs : 'Hold Your Fire' starts out with some volume swells (courtesy of Gilmour) and a driving synth-based rhythm, the song is pretty good, with the inimitable Gilmour pouring more soul into his solo than, say, anything with a lot of soul. Title-Track 'Headline News' is an intense piece with jerky rhythms and odd time sigs, great organ and clavinet playing - the song itself has a real 'epic' and urgent feel to it. 'Metal Minds' is one of those 'cold' sounding minor-key things Vincent loved to dabble in. Gilmour again adding his magic touch on his (speculation) red Strat he was often seen with during this time (what a tone !!!). Machine' again features some jolting rhythms and is the song closest to their classic sound. 'Dance Of Death' (the title says it all, really) is an interesting track with an almost tribal sounding percussion bit somewhere in the middle. Some 'take-it' or 'leave-it' moments with 'Time', and some insipid pop tunes with predictable, cheezy melodies - 'Taking a Chance', 'Land of Freedom' and 'Carnival'.

BIOGRAPHY
By William Ruhlmann
Atomic Rooster was a British progressive-rock group formed in 1969 with an original lineup of Vincent Crane (organ), Nick Graham (bass), and Carl Palmer (drums). Their debut album, Atomic Rooster, hit number 49 in the U.K. in June 1970, after which Graham and Palmer left the group. Crane maintained the name and recruited guitarist/singer John Cann and drummer Paul Hammond for the second album, Death Walks Behind You, which hit number 12 in the U.K., where it featured the number 11 single "Tomorrow Night," and number 90 in the U.S. Pete French of Cactus assisted on the third album, In Hearing Of, which featured the number-four U.K. single "The Devil's Answer" and reached number 18 in England and number 167 in America. Then the group split up again, and again Crane assembled a new Atomic Rooster, this time featuring singer Chris Farlowe, guitarist Steve Bolton, bassist Bill Smith, and drummer Rick Parnell. Made in England reached number 149 in the U.S. in 1972, but the group had split again by 1974. Crane fronted lineups of Atomic Rooster into the '80s, before taking up with Dexys Midnight Runners in 1983. In 1989, he committed suicide.

6798 - ATOMIC ROOSTER - Rebel With A Clause, Disc One: The First 10 Explosive Years (2005)

ATOMIC ROOSTER
''REBEL WITH A CLAUSE, DISC ONE: THE FIRST 10 EXPLOSIVE YEARS''
NOVEMBER 14 2005
125:05

DISC ONE: "The First 10 Explosive Years"
1. Sleeping For Years (5:27)
2. Seven Streets (6:42)
3. I Can't Take No More (3:32)
4. Taken You Over (4:50)
5. Lost In Space (5:52)
6. Play It Again (3:11)
7. Devil's Answer (live) (4:10)
8. rebel With A Clause (2:57)
9. Night Living (3:38)
10. Death Walks Behind You (7:20)
11. It's So Unkind (4:06)
12. When You Go To Bed (3:43)
13. Head In The Sky (5:38)
14. Break The Ice (4:59)
15. Play The Game (4:46)
16. Tomorrow Night (live) (4:52)
Total Time: 75:50

DISC TWO: "Headline News"
1.Hold Your Fire (4:50)
2. Headline News (5:17)
3. Taking A Chance (3:10)
4. Metal Minds (4:24)
5. Land Of Freedom (3:49)
6. Machine (5:26)
7. Dance Of Death (4:30)
8. Carnival (4:36)
9. Time (6:32)
10. Future Shock (4:25)
11. Medley: Watching Out/ Reaching Out (5:11)
Total Time: 52:15

REVIEWS
By PROGARCHIVES
DISC ONE
The First 10 Explosive Years (1999): In 1970 guitarist and vocalist John DuCann joined Atomic Rooster and he immediately went on tour with the band. When bass player Graham left the band keyboardist Crane refused to replace him and started playing bass lines on the lower part of Hammond organ. To compensate the fact that he couldn't use his left hand to press down chords on the lower manual he created a 'burning' style of playing, often in furious interplay with DuCann. When Carl Palmer left Atomic Rooster to join Keith Emerson and Greg Lake left for supergroup ELP Rick Parnell shortly replaced him. John and Vincent were not satisfied about his skills and had to replace him by Paul Hammond, an extremely good drummer from a local band called Farm. Soon the trio started to develop their influential 'heavy progressive' sound: hard edged progressive music with a swirling Hammond B3 organ and fiery guitarplay. The interplay between John's guitar and Vince organ is hot and often furious. In fact this powerful sound was the precursor to 'progressive metal', many metal- acts from The Eighties pointed at Atomic Rooster as their main source. In '89 it was all over for Atomic Rooster because of Crane's tragical death, he commited suicide. On this great compilation (my favorite Atomic Rooster CD) you will be blown away by the dynamic sound, loaded with short but magnificent soli on guitar and organ, energetic drums and powerful vocals.
DISC TWO
Headline News (1983): After some years in hibernation, the year 1980 saw Vincent Crane collaborate once again with old cohort Arthur Brown and recording a fine album with 'Faster Than The Speed of Light' (in conjunction with German electronic wizzard Klaus Schulze). After this project, Crane decided on re-kindling the Atomic Rooster flame and called upon former guitarist John DuCann and a session drummer and cut a rather 'metal' sounding 'come-back' album which was, at least, partially successful. After some 12 inch E.P's, and some minor shifts in line-up (with yet another Rooster veteran, drummer Paul Hammond re-joining the fold) they cut this album. DuCann had left by this time, and guitar duties were handled by D. Gilmour and Bernie Torme (from Ian Gillan's solo band) and the result was an uneasy blend of typically Rooster- ish (or rather Crane-ish) keyboard heavy prog-flavoured arrangements, and some stabs at blatant commercialism. Yeah, almost no-one could escape the tragic developments of 80's plasticiary - the somewhat cold, synthetic sounding production with 'gated' drums and synth-bass - well, at least after the 1st album, Crane always handled the bass with his Hammond, which sounded mightier than the synth....Anyways, the good songs : 'Hold Your Fire' starts out with some volume swells (courtesy of Gilmour) and a driving synth-based rhythm, the song is pretty good, with the inimitable Gilmour pouring more soul into his solo than, say, anything with a lot of soul. Title-Track 'Headline News' is an intense piece with jerky rhythms and odd time sigs, great organ and clavinet playing - the song itself has a real 'epic' and urgent feel to it. 'Metal Minds' is one of those 'cold' sounding minor-key things Vincent loved to dabble in. Gilmour again adding his magic touch on his (speculation) red Strat he was often seen with during this time (what a tone !!!). Machine' again features some jolting rhythms and is the song closest to their classic sound. 'Dance Of Death' (the title says it all, really) is an interesting track with an almost tribal sounding percussion bit somewhere in the middle. Some 'take-it' or 'leave-it' moments with 'Time', and some insipid pop tunes with predictable, cheezy melodies - 'Taking a Chance', 'Land of Freedom' and 'Carnival'.

BIOGRAPHY
By William Ruhlmann
Atomic Rooster was a British progressive-rock group formed in 1969 with an original lineup of Vincent Crane (organ), Nick Graham (bass), and Carl Palmer (drums). Their debut album, Atomic Rooster, hit number 49 in the U.K. in June 1970, after which Graham and Palmer left the group. Crane maintained the name and recruited guitarist/singer John Cann and drummer Paul Hammond for the second album, Death Walks Behind You, which hit number 12 in the U.K., where it featured the number 11 single "Tomorrow Night," and number 90 in the U.S. Pete French of Cactus assisted on the third album, In Hearing Of, which featured the number-four U.K. single "The Devil's Answer" and reached number 18 in England and number 167 in America. Then the group split up again, and again Crane assembled a new Atomic Rooster, this time featuring singer Chris Farlowe, guitarist Steve Bolton, bassist Bill Smith, and drummer Rick Parnell. Made in England reached number 149 in the U.S. in 1972, but the group had split again by 1974. Crane fronted lineups of Atomic Rooster into the '80s, before taking up with Dexys Midnight Runners in 1983. In 1989, he committed suicide.

5025 - ATOMIC ROOSTER - Made In England (1972)(2005)

ATOMIC ROOSTER
''MADE IN ENGLAND (BONUS TRACKS)''
2005
1972
69:21

1 - Time Take My Life/Crane/5:58
2 - Stand By Me/Crane/3:44
3 - Little Bit Of Inner Air/Parnell/2:39
4 - Don't Know What Went Wrong/Crane/3:57
5 - Never To Lose/Bolton/3:15
7 - Space Cowboy/Bolton/3:16
8 - People You Can't Trust/Crane/3:48
9 - All In Satan's Name/Parnell/4:42
10 - Close Your Eyes/Crane/3:46
BONUS TRACKS
BBC SESSIONS
11 - Stand By Me (BBC Sessions Johnnie Walker, 12.06.72)/Crane/3:21
12 - Breakthrough (BBC Sessions Johnnie Walker, 12.06.72)/Crane, Parnell/3:06
13 - Save Me (BBC Sessions Johnnie Walker, 07.12.72)/Crane/3:40
14 - Close Your Eyes (BBC Sessions Johnnie Walker, 07.12.72)/Crane/2:38
BBC IN CONCERT PARIS THEATRE, 27/7/72
15 - Stand By Me (BBC In Concert Paris Theatre, 27.07.72)/Crane/4:59
16 - People You Can't Trust (BBC In Concert Paris Theatre, 27.07.72)/Crane/4:40
17 - All In Satan's Name (BBC In Concert Paris Theatre, 27.07.72)/Parnell/4:01
18 - Devil's Answer (BBC In Concert Paris Theatre, 27.07.72)/Cann/7:08

Vincent Crane/Hammond organ, piano, ARP synthesizer
Chris Farlowe/vocals
Steve Bolton/guitars
Ric Parnell/drums, percussion, vocals on "Little Bit of Inner Air"
Bill Smith/bass on "Stand by Me"
Doris Troy and Liza Strike/backing vocals on "Stand by Me" and "People You Can't Trust"

REVIEW
by Lindsay Planer
The third incarnation of English prog rockers, Atomic Rooster make their debut on Made in England (1972). The group began as a trio featuring former Crazy World of Arthur Brown member Vincent Crane (organ), Nick Graham (bass), and Carl Palmer (drums). After a few significant shuffles within the lineup, only Crane continued with the name, recruiting Mick Jagger protégé Chris Farlowe (vocals), Rick Parnell (percussion), and Steve Bolton (guitars) as the next generation. They have an edgy and somewhat brooding sound, recalling early Mott the Hoople discs such as the highly underrated Mad Shadows (1970). Much of the material reveals the quartet's slightly funky groove, such as the pulsating "Stand by Me," or the gospel-inflection on the spoken "Introduction," which prefaces the Crane instrumental "Breathless." Somewhat misplaced is the orchestration -- especially on "Time Take My Life" -- which tends to congest the otherwise driving arrangement. Parnell penned a pair of the finest contributions on Made in England, the slinky "Little Bit of Inner Air," as well as the Southern rock-tinged "All in Satan's Name." The latter comes off like a blend of the Allman Brothers and Deep Purple. Bolton supplies the power ballad "Never to Lose," as well as "Space Cowboy," which develops into an electric hoedown following a somewhat off-balance and synth-heavy keyboard intro. Bolton would be the next casualty of the combo, leading to the formation of the criminally underrated Headstone. A successful North American tour resulted in Made in England, which charted briefly in the U.S., and would be the final Atomic Rooster album to do so. The band would successfully continue under Crane's tutelage until the early '80s, when he joined up with a post-"Come on Eileen" Dexys Midnight Runners.

BIOGRAPHY
by William Ruhlmann
Atomic Rooster was a British progressive-rock group formed in 1969 with an original lineup of Vincent Crane (organ), Nick Graham (bass), and Carl Palmer (drums). Their debut album, Atomic Rooster, hit number 49 in the U.K. in June 1970, after which Graham and Palmer left the group. Crane maintained the name and recruited guitarist/singer John Cann and drummer Paul Hammond for the second album, Death Walks Behind You, which hit number 12 in the U.K., where it featured the number 11 single "Tomorrow Night," and number 90 in the U.S. Pete French of Cactus assisted on the third album, In Hearing Of, which featured the number-four U.K. single "The Devil's Answer" and reached number 18 in England and number 167 in America. Then the group split up again, and again Crane assembled a new Atomic Rooster, this time featuring singer Chris Farlowe, guitarist Steve Bolton, bassist Bill Smith, and drummer Rick Parnell. Made in England reached number 149 in the U.S. in 1972, but the group had split again by 1974. Crane fronted lineups of Atomic Rooster into the '80s, before taking up with Dexys Midnight Runners in 1983. In 1989, he committed suicide.
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