Spooky Two
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Spooky Two |
| type | Studio album |
| artist | Spooky Tooth |
| cover | Spooky Two cover.jpg |
| released | March 1969 (UK) / August 1969 (North America) |
| studio | Morgan, London |
| genre | Blues rock |
| length | |
| label | Island (UK) / A&M (North America) |
| Festival (Australia) | |
| producer | Jimmy Miller |
| prev_title | It's All About |
| prev_year | 1968 |
| next_title | Ceremony |
| next_year | 1969 |
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| name = Spooky Two | type = Studio album | artist = Spooky Tooth | cover = Spooky Two cover.jpg | alt = | released = March 1969 (UK) / August 1969 (North America) | recorded = | venue = | studio = Morgan, London | genre = Blues rock | length = | label = Island (UK) / A&M (North America) Festival (Australia) | producer = Jimmy Miller | prev_title = It's All About | prev_year = 1968 | next_title = Ceremony | next_year = 1969 Spooky Two is the second studio album by the English rock band Spooky Tooth. It was originally released in March 1969, on the label Island Records (licensed to A&M in the United States).
Critical reception
| rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = MusicHound Rock | rev2Score = 3/5 |rev3 = The Rolling Stone Record Guide |rev3score = |rev4 = The Village Voice |rev4Score = C+ | rev5 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music | rev5Score = Spooky Two received mixed reviews from contemporary critics, including Rolling Stone and The Village Voice. Robert Christgau wrote in the latter publication that, "at its best ('Waitin' for the Wind', 'That Was Only Yesterday') this group is not significantly poorer than Blind Faith. At its worst ('Lost in My Dream', 'I've Got Enough Heartaches') it is painfully overwrought."
Mike DeGagne of AllMusic was more positive in a retrospective review: "Spooky Two is this British blues-rock band's pièce de résistance. All eight of the tracks compound free-styled rock and loose-fitting guitar playing, resulting in some fantastic raw music … their smooth, relaxed tempos and riffs mirrored bands like Savoy Brown and, at times, even the Yardbirds … Although Spooky Tooth lasted about seven years, their other albums never really contained the same passion or talented collaborating by each individual musician as Spooky Two."
In Canada the album reached number 48 on the charts.
It was voted number 42 in the All-Time 50 Long Forgotten Gems from Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.
Track listing
| headline = Side one | all_writing = Gary Wright, except where noted. | total_length = 19:08 | title1 = Waitin' for the Wind | writer1 = Luther Grosvenor, Mike Harrison, Wright | length1 = 3:27 | title2 = Feelin' Bad | writer2 = Mike Kellie, Wright | length2 = 3:17 | title3 = I've Got Enough Heartaches | writer3 = Kellie, Wright | length3 = 3:24 | title4 = Evil Woman | writer4 = Larry Weiss | length4 = 9:00 | headline = Side two | total_length = 18:46 | title1 = Lost in My Dream | length1 = 5:03 | title2 = That Was Only Yesterday | length2 = 3:51 | title3 = Better by You, Better than Me | length3 = 4:12 | title4 = Hangman Hang My Shell on a Tree | length4 = 5:40
Personnel
Spooky Tooth
- Mike Harrison – keyboards, vocals
- Luther Grosvenor – guitar
- Gary Wright – keyboards, vocals
- Greg Ridley – bass
- Mike Kellie – drums
Other credits
- Jimmy Miller – producer
- Andy Johns – engineer
References
References
- (March 29, 1969). "Album Reviews".
- (4 November 2015). "Spooky Tooth-The Island Years".
- (23 March 2007). "The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time". [[Future plc]].
- {{discogs master. 24420
- DeGagne, Mike. "Spooky Tooth ''Spooky Two''". [[AllMusic]].
- (1999). "MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide". Visible Ink Press.
- (1983). "The New Rolling Stone Record Guide". Random House/Rolling Stone Press.
- Larkin, Colin. (2007). "Encyclopedia of Popular Music". [[Omnibus Press]].
- Gancher, David. (20 September 1969). "Records". Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc..
- Christgau, Robert. (September 18, 1969). "Consumer Guide (4)". [[The Village Voice]].
- "RPM Magazine - November 8, 1969 - Page 19".
- (2000). "[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]". [[Virgin Books]].
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