As Safe as Yesterday Is
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As Safe as Yesterday Is
- Artist: Humble Pie
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- Release Date: 1969 04
- Total Time: 55:45
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
Humble Pie, known as boogie hammerheads, at least once achieved American popularity in the mid-'70s. Its origins were quite different, however, and its debut album, As Safe as Yesterday Is, is a visionary blend of hard blues, crushing rock, pastoral folk, and post-mod pop. It would be even more impressive if the group had written songs to support its sound, but it seemed to have overlooked that element of the equation. Still, there's no denying that the sound of the band isn't just good, it's quite engaging, as the band bring disparate elements together, letting them bump up against each other, forming a wildly rich blend of hippie folk and deeply sexy blues. Musically, this set a template for a lot of bands that followed later -- Led Zeppelin seemed to directly lift parts of this, and Paul Weller would later rely heavily on this for his '90s comeback -- and it's very intriguing, even rewarding, on that level. But it falls short of a genuine classic, even with its originality and influence, because the songwriting is rarely more than a structure for the playing and the album often sounds more like a period piece than an album that defined its times. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi| As Rough as Guts (2006 Album by Twyce Daily) | |
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| Studio album by Humble Pie | ||||
| Released | August 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1969, Olympic Studios, London, England | |||
| Genre | Blues-rock Folk rock , hard rock |
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| Length | 55:45 | |||
| Label | Immediate | |||
| Producer | Andy Johns | |||
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As Safe As Yesterday Is is the debut album for rock band Humble Pie, released in the UK in August 1969. The album peaked at number 16 in the UK album chart.[1][2]
Featuring former frontmen Steve Marriott (ex-Small Faces) and Peter Frampton (ex-The Herd). Humble Pie were saddled with the then popular tag of supergroup before they had even played a note.[3]
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Album profile
As Safe As Yesterday Is is a blend of heavy blues, crushing rock, pastoral folk, and post-mod pop. Marriott contributed six songs to the album, one co-written with Frampton, who also contributed two solo efforts. The record opens with a cover version of Steppenwolf's "Desperation" and the track "Growing Closer" was written by ex-Small Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan who actually rehearsed with Humble Pie early on, before deciding instead to form The Faces with Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Kenney Jones and Ronnie Lane.[4]
Mike Saunders is credited for one of the first coinings of the term heavy metal as a sub-genre in a 1970 review of As Safe As Yesterday Is for Rolling Stone. In 2006, the VH1 Classic documentary Heavy: The Story of Metal, the original text is shown in a close-up from the 12 November 1970 issue, in which he wrote: "Here Humble Pie were a noisy, unmelodic, heavy metal-leaden shit-rock band, with the loud and noisy parts beyond doubt." [1]
Track listing
- "Desperation" (John Kay) – 6:28
- "Stick Shift" (Peter Frampton) – 2:22
- "Buttermilk Boy" (Steve Marriott) – 4:22
- "Growing Closer" (Ian McLagan) – 3:13
- "As Safe As Yesterday Is" (Frampton/Marriott) – 6:05
- "Bang!" (Marriott) – 3:24
- "Alabama '69" (Marriott) – 4:37
- "I'll Go Alone" (Frampton) – 6:17
- "A Nifty Little Number Like You" (Marriott) – 6:11
- "What You Will" (Marriott) – 4:20
CD bonus tracks:
- "Natural Born Bugie" (Marriott) (Single A-side) – 4:12
- "Wrist Job" (Marriott) (Single B-side) – 4:14
Album credits
- Steve Marriott - vocals (01,02 [fade-out vocals],03,04,05,06,07,08 [second vocals],09,10), guitar (01,03,05,06,09,10), slide guitar (02), acoustic guitar (07), harmonica (04,07), organ (02,03,05,09,10), goofs (09), tablas (04), piano (06)
- Peter Frampton - vocals (01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09 [second vocals],10), guitar (01,02,03,04,05,06,08,09,10), slide guitar (07), organ (01), tabla (05), bass tablas (07), piano (03,08,10)
- Greg Ridley - bass (01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10), vocals (01,03,04,05,06,07,10), happy noise (07), percussion (05), skins (04)
- Jerry Shirley - drums (01,02,03,04,05,06,08,09,10), grins and explosions (01), percussion (04,05,07), tablas (07), harpsichord (08), big ones (02), piano (05), lead thumbs (03)
- Lyn Dobson - flute (04,07), sitar(07)
- Andy Johns - producer
- Arranged : Humble Pie
References/Notes
Notes:
- ^ Hewitt, Paulo; Hellier, John. Steve Marriott - All Too Beautiful.... Helter Skelter. pp. 190. ISBN 1-900924-44-7.
- ^ "Guide to British Music of the 1960s Humble Pie". Making Time 1995-2007. http://www.makingtime.co.uk/humblepie.html. Retrieved 2007-08-22.[dead link]
- ^ "As Safe As Yesterday Is". rateyourmusic.com. http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/humble_pie/as_safe_as_yesterday_is/. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
- ^ Hewitt, Paulo; Hellier, John. Steve Marriott - All Too Beautiful.... Helter Skelter. pp. 191. ISBN 1-900924-44-7.
References:
- Paolo Hewitt John Hellier (2004). Steve Marriott - All Too Beautiful.... Helter Skelter Publishing ISBN 1-900924-44-7.
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