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No Dice Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Courtesy of AllMusic.com

Badfinger's second album No Dice kicks off with "I Can't Take It," a rocker that signaled even if Badfinger still played pop and sang ballads, they considered themselves a rock band. What gave Badfinger character is they blended their desire to rock with their sensitive side instead of compartmentalizing. Even when they rock on No Dice, it's never earthy, like, say, the Stones. Badfinger's very sensibility and sound is modeled after the early British Invasion, where bands sang catchy, concise love songs. Yet there's a worldliness to their music absent from that of their forefathers, partially because Badfinger styled themselves as classicists, adapting the sound of their idols and striving to create a similar body of work. No Dice bears this out, boasting old-fashioned rockers, catchy pop tunes, and acoustic ballads. On the surface, there's nothing special about such a well-crafted, sharply produced, straight-ahead pop record, but the pleasure of a power pop album is in the craft. No Dice is not without flaws -- a byproduct of an all-writing, all-singing band is that some songs don't measure up -- but it does achieve the right balance of craft, fun, and emotion, due in no small part to Pete Ham's songwriting. Ham dominates the record, providing note-perfect openers and closers, along with the centerpiece singles "No Matter What" and "Without You," the latter a yearning, painful ballad co-written with Tom Evans. Collaborating with new guitarist Joey Molland, Evans wrote two other excellent songs ("I Don't Mind," "Better Days"), while Molland's own "Love Me Do" chugs along with nice momentum. Still, the heart of the album lies in Ham's work.. He proves that songcraft is what separates great power-pop from good, and it's what makes No Dice a superb pop record.

DISCOGS DETAILS: Courtesy of Discogs

Badfinger – No Dice

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Label:

Apple Records – ST 3367, Apple Records – SKAO-3367

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Winchester First Pressing, Gatefold

Country:

US

Released:

Nov 9, 1970

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Power Pop A1 I Can't Take It Written-By – Pete Ham 2:52 A2 I Don't Mind Written-By – J. Molland*, T. Evans* 3:12 A3 Love Me Do Written-By – Joe Molland* 2:57 A4 Midnight Caller Written-By – Pete Ham 2:48 A5 No Matter What Producer – Mal Evans Written-By – Pete Ham 3:00 A6 Without You Written-By – P. Ham*, T. Evans* 3:42 B1 Blodwyn Written-By – Pete Ham 3:25 B2 Better Days Written-By – J. Molland*, T. Evans* 3:58 B3 It Had To Be Written-By – Mike Gibbins 2:25 B4 Watford John Written-By – J. Molland*, M. Gibbins*, P. Ham*, T. Evans* 3:21 B5 Believe Me Producer – Mal Evans Written-By – T. Evans* 2:58 B6 We're For The Dark Written-By – Pete Ham 3:52

• Record Company – Apple Records
• Lacquer Cut At – Bell Sound Studios
• Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester
• Manufactured By – Apple Records, Inc.

• Bass, Vocals – Tom*
• Design – Gene Mahon, Richard DiLello
• Drums – Mike*
• Engineer – John Kurlander, Richard Lush
• Guitar, Piano, Vocals – Pete*
• Guitar, Vocals – Joey*
• Lacquer Cut By – sf*
• Photography By – Richard DiLello
• Producer – Geoff Emerick (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B4, B6)
• Written-By – Badfinger

Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester pressing denoted by ─◁ etch in runouts. First pressing with ST 3367 on spine, SKAO-3367 on labels. "ST-" prefix in runout etches is struck out with "SKAO-" scribed in front of it; for Winchester pressing with "ST-" only in runouts, please see Badfinger - No Dice.

Label Variation: "MFD.BY APPLE RECORDS, INC." appears on Side B (sliced) label only. For repressing with this statement on Side A label, please see Badfinger - No Dice.

Jacket credits "All songs written by Badfinger"; label lists individual writing credits.

Recorded in England.
Manufactured by Apple Records Inc. NY

• Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): ─◁
• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Matrix / Runout (Label A): SKAO 1-3367
• Matrix / Runout (Label B): SKAO 2-3367
• Matrix / Runout (Runout A variant 1): SKAO S̶T̶-1-3367-Z8 Bell Sound sf ─◁
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B variant 1): SKAO S̶T̶-2-3367-Z8 Bell Sound sf ─◁
• Matrix / Runout (Runout A variant 2): SKAO S̶T̶-1-3367 Z1 Bell Sound sf ─◁
• Matrix / Runout (Runout B variant 2): SKAO S̶T̶-2-3367-Z8 Bell Sound sf ─◁