BADFINGER "No Dice" vinyl LP Gatefold Apple Records US 1970
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25
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Description
Used but in decent condition. Slight ringwear on sleeve. Vinyl looks good.
Badfinger ?– No Dice
Label:
Apple Records ?– SKAO-3367
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Gat
Country:
US
Released:
09 Nov 1970
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Power Pop
TracklistShow Credits
A1 I Can't Take It 2:52 A2 I Don't Mind 3:12 A3 Love Me Do 2:57 A4 Midnight Caller 2:48 A5 No Matter What 3:00 A6 Without You 3:40 B1 Blodwyn 3:25 B2 Better Days 3:58 B3 It Had To Be 2:25 B4 Watford John 3:21 B5 Believe Me 2:58 B6 We're For The Dark 3:52Companies etc
- Manufactured By – Apple Records, Inc.
- Mastered At – Bell Sound Studios
- Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
Credits
- Artwork [Design] – Gene Mahon
- Bass, Vocals – Tom*
- Drums – Mike*
- Engineer – John Kurlander, Richard Lush
- Guitar, Piano, Vocals – Pete*
- Guitar, Vocals – Joey*
- Mastered By – sf*
- Photography By, Artwork [Design] – Richard DiLello
- Producer – Geoff Emerick (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B4, B6)
Notes
Gatefold with interior pix of band members and names
Manufactured by Apple Records Inc., 1700 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
an ABKCO managed company
Green Apple label says "first published in 1970"
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine [-] Badfinger's second album No Dice kicks off with "I Can't Take It," a rocker that signaled even ifBadfinger still played pop and sang ballads, they considered themselves a rock band. What gaveBadfinger 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 toPete 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.
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