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DISCID=64092a08
DTITLE=Bachman-Turner Overdrive / Bachman-Turner Overdrive II
DYEAR=1973
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Blown
TTITLE1=Welcome Home
TTITLE2=Stonegates
TTITLE3=Let It Ride
TTITLE4=Give It Time
TTITLE5=Tramp
TTITLE6=I Don't Have To Hide
TTITLE7=Takin' Care Of Business
EXTD=Originally Released December 1973\nCD Edition Released July 3, 19
EXTD=89\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Released when Mercury Records was still 
EXTD=located in Chicago, IL, back in 1973, the second album from Bachm
EXTD=an-Turner Overdrive was the first to break through in a big way. 
EXTD=First the hit single "Let It Ride" went Top 25 circa March of 197
EXTD=4, then the anthem "Taking Care of Business" went Top 15 the summ
EXTD=er of that year. By October they would top the charts with "You A
EXTD=in't Seen Nothing Yet" from the follow-up LP, 1974's Not Fragile,
EXTD= but their seven chart songs were all made possible by this album
EXTD= and these two songs, "Let It Ride" and "Takin' Care of Business,
EXTD=" in particular. "Let It Ride" features one of C.F. Turner's best
EXTD= vocals; keeping that gargle-with-Draino diesel sound down to a m
EXTD=inimum, the song has two major guitar riffs, one a strum, the oth
EXTD=er from Led Zeppelin's 1970 "Immigrant Song," an inverted mutatio
EXTD=n of Randy Bachman's own "American Woman" riff which also hit in 
EXTD=1970. That "Takin' Care of Business," which was written solely by
EXTD= Randy Bachman and contains his vocals, as well as the Turner/Bac
EXTD=hman co-write "Takin' Care of Business," are light years ahead of
EXTD= the other six songs on this album is an understatement. Putting 
EXTD=their minds to it and crafting hooky, radio-friendly music was so
EXTD=mething Bachman and Turner were quite capable of, but Tim Bachman
EXTD='s voice and writing on "Blown" and "I Don't Have to Hide" leave 
EXTD=much to be desired. Randy Bachman sings on "Tramp," co-written wi
EXTD=th drummer Robbie Bachman, and "Welcome Home," both songs having 
EXTD=the merit that he always cleverly injects, while "Stonegates" and
EXTD= "Give It Time" are total C.F. Turner singing his heavy essays. B
EXTD=y the time Randy Bachman departed for 1978's Street Action and 19
EXTD=79's Rock N' Roll Nights, Turner's music was really all that was 
EXTD=left, and it never progressed from these sludgy workouts. What is
EXTD= most fascinating about Bachman-Turner Overdrive II and the Guess
EXTD= Who's #10 is that both Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings were sh
EXTD=owing their propensity for self-indulgence. Without the balance e
EXTD=ach provided the other, Bachman's "Tramp" and Cummings' "Glamour 
EXTD=Boy" failed to climb the charts substantially. Bachman-Turner Ove
EXTD=rdrive and the Bachman-less Guess Who both got seven songs each o
EXTD=nto the Top 40 (with the Guess Who actually accruing six addition
EXTD=al songs which should have got onto mainstream radio), all found 
EXTD=on The Best of the Guess Who, Vol. 2. Still, Randy Bachman's work
EXTD= and musical intuition cannot be denied, and when he chose to cha
EXTD=rt, he did so in a big way. The two hits on this album and their 
EXTD=follow-up, "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet," are staples on classic r
EXTD=ock radio. The Guess Who went further into a light, poppy directi
EXTD=on while Randy Bachman and company descended into heavy depths, t
EXTD=he schizophrenia so obvious when listening to a disc like Bachman
EXTD=-Turner Overdrive II. -- Joe Viglione \n\nHalf.com Album Credits\n
EXTD=Buzz Richmond, Engineer\nMarc Sterling, Engineer\nRandy Bachman, 
EXTD=Producer\n\nAlbum Notes\nPersonnel: C.F. Turner (bass, vocals), R
EXTD=andy Bachman (lead guitar, vocals), Tim Bachman (lead guitar, voc
EXTD=als), Rob Bachman (drums, percussion).\n\nAdditional personnel: N
EXTD=orman Durkee (piano on "Takin' Care Of Business").\n\nRecorded at
EXTD= Kaye-Smith Studios, Seattle, Washington.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER 
EXTD=REVIEW\nThe essential BTO album, June 21, 2005\nReviewer: Jason A
EXTD=. Farris (Flippin, AR USA) \nIn 1970, Randy Bachman left the Gues
EXTD=s Who because of clashes between him and other members. He conver
EXTD=ted to Mormonism and was in disdain with the band's environment. 
EXTD=Three years later, he formed BTO and their first album flopped. T
EXTD=heir sophomore record, aptly titled BTO II, was a commercial brea
EXTD=kthrough and revived Bachman's career. It is considered an essent
EXTD=ial album and no classic rock collection is complete without it. 
EXTD=I would highly recommend this and the Guess Who albums with Bachm
EXTD=an. \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n4.5 stars - a solid sophomore
EXTD= effort, March 24, 2005\nReviewer: Der Kommissar (Las Vegas, NV (
EXTD=USA)) \nBachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973.) Bachman-Turner Overdr
EXTD=ive's second album. \n\nDespite Randy Bachman's initial post-Gues
EXTD=s Who projects bombing, by the mid-seventies he had settled in a 
EXTD=band that was destined to do well - the aptly-named Bachman-Turne
EXTD=r Overdrive. The group evolved from Brave Belt, an early post-Gue
EXTD=ss Who Bachman band. When Randy Bachman joined forces with C.F. T
EXTD=urner, the results were astonishing. The new version of the group
EXTD= released their debut in 1973. Despite being a commercial failure
EXTD= (although the music was good), the group endured. Bachman-Turner
EXTD= Overdrive II, the group's second album, was released before the 
EXTD=end of the year, and it fared better commercially, spawning some 
EXTD=big hits. Read on for my review of it. \n\nThe first BTO album wa
EXTD=s excellent, but tanked commercially. With this album, the band c
EXTD=reated an album that was both excellent and well-received by the 
EXTD=public. People who hadn't heard Bachman since his Guess Who days 
EXTD=were beginning to rediscover the forgotten rocker - this was, in 
EXTD=more ways than not, his comeback album. The band's style, which f
EXTD=used elements of American southern-style rock, rhythm and blues, 
EXTD=and pop rock, peaked on this album. Two huge hits came from this 
EXTD=album - the down-to-earth, gritty classic rock of Let It Ride, an
EXTD=d the classic pop-rock anthem, Takin' Care Of Business (the latte
EXTD=r has since become the band's biggest hit.) But as with the relea
EXTD=ses most rock and roll artists put out, you've gotta go beyond th
EXTD=e hits to get the most out of the album. The classic rock of the 
EXTD=opening track, Blown, really must be heard to be appreciated. Als
EXTD=o not to be overlooked is the Creedence Clearwater Revival-style 
EXTD=rock of Stonegate. A minor hit for the group, the hard rocker Wel
EXTD=come Home, is one of the album's strongest tracks. Bachman serves
EXTD= up some of his best riffs here. Give It Time and I Don't Have To
EXTD= Hide are underrated gems that must not be overlooked. My persona
EXTD=l favorite song on the album, though, would have to be Tramp. Thi
EXTD=s hard rocker comes from a hobo's point of view. Sound silly? Yea
EXTD=h, it is. The lyrics in this track, at times, are laughable, but 
EXTD=in my opinion they add to its charm. And the instrumentation is w
EXTD=hat matters most, as the track demonstrates. There's not a single
EXTD= weak track here. If you like Bachman-Turner Overdrive and you on
EXTD=ly want to get one of their albums, this would be a fine choice. 
EXTD=\n\nSadly, the Bachman-Turner Overdrive catalogue (with the excep
EXTD=tion of some hits compilations and the Not Fragile album) seems t
EXTD=o be fading from store shelves. This stuff is long overdue for re
EXTD=issuing! Remasters with expanded liner notes and bonus tracks are
EXTD= LONG overdue. What's the record company waiting for? \n\nIn the 
EXTD=end, this stands strong as one of the band's best albums of all -
EXTD= and it's the ideal place for any new fan to start their collecti
EXTD=on. Of all of the albums Randy Bachman released in the seventies,
EXTD= this is arguably the best one of all. If you're a fan of classic
EXTD= rock, your classic rock collection is far from complete without 
EXTD=this album. If you like classic rock and/or Randy Bachman, don't 
EXTD=hesitate to pick this one up. You won't be disappointed.\n\nAMAZO
EXTD=N.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nW H E W ! ! ! ! ! THIS ONE LEAVES YA EXHAU
EXTD=STED....., November 11, 2004\nReviewer: N. N Wahlert "nnwahler" (
EXTD=seattle, wa United States) \nBTO's big break in the states.......
EXTD=.early '74 saw the release of the three-and-a-half-minute single 
EXTD=version of "Let It Ride" (this disc's got the full version, with 
EXTD=C.F.'s supersonic screaming intact). And "Takin' Care Of Business
EXTD=" saw us all through the summer of '74. \n\nBut there's a lot mor
EXTD=e to this effort--in fact, see if you can make it thru the album'
EXTD=s first half without being totally pooped. In fact, the opener, "
EXTD=Blown"--a real "window-smasher" of a rocker--gets the adrenaline 
EXTD=pumping right away, to say the least........Randy Bachman's famou
EXTD=s "Long-Kamm Slide" is the icing on the cake with this track. It'
EXTD=s amazing "Blown," which was the most-played album track on FM st
EXTD=ations 30 years back, hasn't made it onto today's rigid Classic R
EXTD=ock playlists. \n\nA Randy Bachman composition, "Welcome Home," i
EXTD=s an indication of how wily the man could be; it's not for nothin
EXTD=g that he's considered one of rock's great robbers.....hear, for 
EXTD=instance, his amusing jazz guitar solo which rounds out the track
EXTD= (after he's all done yelling the song's title at the very top of
EXTD= his lungs for the umpteenth time. \n\n"Stonegates" is five-and-a
EXTD=-half minutes of solid fun. The album begins to sputter and fritz
EXTD= a bit with "Give It Time" and "Tramp" (it hurts that they're bot
EXTD=h the same tempo and beat); but overall, this is great stuff, sti
EXTD=ll a helluva lotta fun today.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nRush
EXTD=ed 2nd album still has plenty of gems, September 18, 1999\nReview
EXTD=er: Francis King "Frank King" (Whitby, ON Canada) \nBTO pushed th
EXTD=is effort out just a few months after it's debut, and it showed. 
EXTD=But for every forgettable number like Tramp or I Don't Have To Hi
EXTD=de (definitely BTO's worst song), there's a killer rock classic l
EXTD=ike Blown, Stonegates (hear the similarity to the Allman Brothers
EXTD=' Ramblin' Man?) and Let It Ride.\n\nROLLING STONE REVIEW\nThis f
EXTD=our-man band from Vancouver may be short on flamboyance, but prod
EXTD=ucer-guitarist Randy Bachman (formerly a mainstay of the Guess Wh
EXTD=o) has a sure sense of dynamics and tone. He brought B.T.O. from 
EXTD=nowhere nine months ago with a pair of singles ("Blue Collar" and
EXTD= "Let It Ride") and two good-selling albums, while everyone follo
EXTD=wed flashier stars.\n\nGuitar sounds dominate their albums, as th
EXTD=ey reverberate meanly and crash through the group's uncomplicated
EXTD= material. Bachman plays lead with imagination and power, while b
EXTD=rother Tim is growing into a solid second guitarist (a third brot
EXTD=her, Rob, is the drummer, and bassist Fred Turner rounds out the 
EXTD=group). Together, they sound like a more explosive but less artic
EXTD=ulate Creedence; Turner, Randy and Tim all seem to be using John 
EXTD=Fogerty as their vocal model.\n\nThis album's "Welcome Home" (wri
EXTD=tten and sung by Randy) is the band's most ambitious song. A musi
EXTD=cian's-eye view of the long-touring road to success and his mixed
EXTD= feelings when that success begins to come, it is alternately dom
EXTD=inated by jazz-influenced picking and shattering chords. For the 
EXTD=most part, B.T.O. is more noteworthy for the way it sounds than f
EXTD=or what it says. Still, it's quite a sound. (RS 159 - Apr 25, 197
EXTD=4)  -- BUD SCOPPA
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