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No band in rock 'n' roll has quite the hard-luck story to match this of Badfinger. Despite abundant songwriting and performing talent, a Beatles connection and critical acclaim, the band ended up penniless, together with two of its members committing suicide. These two records, cut for Warner Brothers in 1974 as the band was trying to extricate itself from the legal and financial mess at Apple Records, have held up amazingly well given the circumstances under which they were recorded. In fact, we're kind of in shock this the label let them go out of print and then let us license them! Again produced by Chris Thomas, this album is reckoned by many Badfinger fans to be their excellent, but its commercial prospects were killed when it was pulled from stores shortly afterwards open due to the band's ever-ongoing legal and financial struggles. A flat-out power pop classic this should have been a hit!
Customer Reviews
This will hook ya.   2010-05-21
By Gerald T. Hauge (St. Cloud, MN United States)
Great disc. I'd always enjoyed Badfinger, but really never took the time to research their music. I then saw Joey Molland with Badfinger at Half-way Jam in Royalton, MN and became a convert, I bought this CD and find it just fantastic. Great songs, great harmony, great riffs, all brought together just perfectly. Dennis, and Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch are my favorites. Great CD.
more brilliance from Pete Ham   2010-01-07
By J. Scott
Pete Ham was never content to simply step into the empty, spotlit stage remaining in the Beatles' wake. He shed any direct inclinations of being a Macca or Lennon clone years before - "Name of the Game" from Straight Up remains a defining statement of Pete's singular ability. While "Just a Chance" rocks like a mother and "Meanwhile Back at the Ranch" makes you want to put the top down and step on the gas, he takes another step forward in declaring his emerging songwriting genius with "Dennis". Simple, yet poetic in its lyric, the melody is as haunting and compelling as any in music. Sometimes when a song touches one so deeply, it is difficult to define what about the tune is so moving. Pick up this record and hear it for yourself. No rock fan should be without it. Incidentally, Joey Molland turns in one of his prettiest melodies in "Love Time" - silly title, beautiful tune.
Just superb   2009-04-12
By bdlove@earthlink.net (Los Angeles, California)
This is perfect. Buy it. It will make you understand why we never needed Oasis in the first place.
A classic   2008-11-15
By Norman Stotland (Ottawa, Ontario)
It may take a listen or two to get used to the tracks, but once you do there is no looking back. Shades of the Beatles and ELO. This album is as good as Abbey Road. A tragic story about this talented band, but if you like their four hits heard all over 'oldies' radio then you will love all these new songs. 'Meanwhile Back at the Ranch- Should I smoke? will bring you back to that classic British sound. I can't put this CD away.
An Overlooked Gem   2008-08-22
By Rick (Rhode Island, USA)
Nothing short of a pop/rock masterpiece. In my opinion, the band's best album. Unfortunately it was overlooked by just about everyone and received very little or no airplay in the US during a time when airplay was crucial to an album's sales and success.