FREEWAY MADNESS

The Pretty Things

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3.15 | 11 ratings | 1 reviews | 9% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 1972

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Love Is Good (6:51)
2. Havana Bound (3:54)
3. Peter (1:26)
4. Rip Off Train (3:17)
5. Over the Moon (4:31)
6. Religion's Dead (4:11)
7. Country Road (4:46)
8. All-Night Sailor (1:55)
9. Onion Soup (3:48)
10. Another Bowl? (2:50)

Total Time 37:29

Bonus tracks on 2002 remaster:
11. Religion's Dead (live *) (4:49)
12. Havana Bound (live *) (4:22)
13. Love Is Good (live *) (6:46)
14. Onion Soup (live *) (8:21)
15. Over the Moon (single edit) (4:09)
16. Havana Bound (single edit) (3:50)

* Recorded at The Lyceum, London, Summer 1973

Line-up / Musicians

- Phil May / vocals
- Peter Tolson / lead guitar
- John Povey / keyboards, vocals
- Stuart Brooks / bass
- Skip Alan / drums

With:
- Alan "Wally" Waller / vocals (5), producer (as "Asa Jones")
- Gordon Huntley / pedal steel guitar (7)
- Billy Reid / violin
- Johnny Van Derrick / violin
- Don Harper / viola
- Peter Willison / cello

Releases information

Artwork: Hipgnosis

LP Warner Bros. Records ‎- K 46190 (1972, UK)

CD SPV Recordings ‎- 085-89842 (1994, Germany)
CD Repertoire Records - REP 4932 (2002, Europe) Remastered with 6 bonus tracks

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THE PRETTY THINGS Freeway Madness ratings distribution

3.15
(11 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of rock music (9%)
Excellent addition to any rock music collection (27%)
Good, but non-essential (45%)
Collectors/fans only (18%)
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3 stars A very good one by the Things, even when not peaking at the high end of the "progresiveness" scale. But this isn't a merely pop affair either. There's a fine band interplay permeating the whole album, with the possible exception of the 2nd track "Havana Bound", mostly a simple-minded rock'n'roll wor ... (read more)

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