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You Are the Music...We're Just the Band is the third studio album by British rock band Trapeze. Recorded with producer Neil Slaven, it was released in 16 March 1972 by Threshold Records. The album was preceded by the release of the single "Coast to Coast" in 1972.

You Are the Music...We're Just the Band
Studio album by
Trapeze
Released16 March 1972 (1972-03-16)
RecordedJune 1971–February 1972
StudioDecca Studios and Island Studios, London
Genre
  • Hard rock
  • funk rock
  • blues rock
Length37:52
LabelThreshold
ProducerNeil Slaven
Trapeze chronology
Medusa
(1970)		 You Are the Music...We're Just the Band
(1972)		 The Final Swing
(1974)
Singles from Medusa
  1. "Coast to Coast"
    Released: 1972

Background


You Are the Music...We're Just the Band was the last Trapeze album recorded by the lineup of Glenn Hughes, Mel Galley and Dave Holland, as Hughes left the band in 1973 to join Deep Purple.[1] The album was also the band's first not to be produced by John Lodge, and featured a wide range of guest performers, including guitarist B. J. Cole, pianist Rod Argent and saxophonist Jimmy Hastings.[2] Five of the album's eight songs were written by Hughes, while the other three were written by Galley and his brother Tom.[2]


Reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Variety(favourable)[4]

Critical reception for You Are the Music...We're Just the Band was generally positive.[citation needed] Variety called the album "another hard-rockin' set by Trapeze".[4]


Legacy


A retrospective review for AllMusic, Richard Foss praises Hughes's vocal performances and the "softer tunes" of the album.[3] Foss named "Coast to Coast" and "What Is a Woman's Role" as particular highlights.[3]


Track listing


No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Keepin' Time"Mel Galley, Tom Galley3:42
2."Coast to Coast"Glenn Hughes4:02
3."What Is a Woman's Role"Hughes5:45
4."Way Back to the Bone"Hughes5:30
5."Feelin' So Much Better Now"Hughes3:40
6."Will Our Love End"Hughes5:07
7."Loser"Mel Galley, Tom Galley4:45
8."You Are the Music" ("You Are the Music, We're Just the Band" on later releases)Mel Galley, Tom Galley5:21

Personnel



References


  1. "Trapeze - A Brief History (1969–1994)". Glenn Hughes. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. You Are the Music...We're Just the Band (Media notes). Trapeze. Threshold Records. 1972.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. Foss, Richard. "Trapeze - You Are the Music...We're Just the Band". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  4. "Record Review: Riders, Merman, J. Smith, Groucho, Edition, R. Williams, New Seekers, Brewer- Shipley, Michell Top LP's". proquest.com. Vol. 269, no. 6. Variety. 20 December 1972. p. 48.

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You Are the Music… We’re Just the Band — третий студийный альбом английской хард-рок-группы Trapeze. Записанный с продюсером Нилом Славеном, он был выпущен 16 марта 1972 года лейблом Threshold Records. Сингл «Coast to Coast» был выпущен в апреле 1972 года.


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