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Anyone who thinks of Humble Pie solely in terms of their latter-day boogie rock will be greatly surprised with this, the band's second release, for it is almost entirely acoustic. There is a gently rocking cover of Buddy Holly's "Heartbeat," and a couple of electrified Steve Marriott numbers, but the overall feel is definitely more of the country than the town or city. "The Sad Bag of Shaky Jake" is a typical Marriott country ditty, similar to those he would include almost as a token on each of the subsequent studio albums, and "Every Mother's Son" is structured as a folk tale. On "The Light of Love," Marriott even plays sitar. Peter Frampton's contributions here foreshadow the acoustic-based music he would make as a solo artist a few years later. As a whole, this is a crisp, cleanly recorded, attractive-sounding album, totally atypical of the Humble Pie catalog, but well worth a listen.
Tracklist
LP
1. Take Me Back
2. The Sad Bag of Shaky Jake
3. The Light of Love
4. Cold Lady
5. Down Home Again
6. Ollie Ollie
7. Every Mother's Son
8. Heartbeat
9. Only You Can See
10. Silver Tongue
11. Home and Away
CD
1. Take Me Back
2. The Sad Bag of Shaky Jake
3. The Light of Love
4. Cold Lady
5. Down Home Again
6. Ollie Ollie
7. Every Mother's Son
8. Heartbeat
9. Only You Can See
10. Silver Tongue
11. Home and Away
12. Every Mother's Son (Jesse Hardin)
13. BTMG's
14. The Sad Bag of Shaky Jake (Alternate Version)
15. Greg's Tune
16. 79th Street Blues
17I'll Drown in My Own Tears