Track Listing 1. Just A Chance 2. You're So Fine 3. Got To Get Out Of Here 4. Know One Knows 5. Dennis 6. In the Meantime/Some Other Time 7. Love Time 8. King Of The Load 9. Meanwhile Back At the Ranch/Should I Smoke
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | Chris Thomas, Gordon Anderson (Reis | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | RSK/Trilogy Logistics | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes Dutch import.Even though Badfinger's 1972 album STRAIGHT UP remains their most celebrated work, WISH YOU WERE HERE--the final Badfinger album before the 1975 suicide of group leader Pete Ham--is arguably their finest moment. Produced by Chris Thomas, WISH YOU WERE HERE is a melodic tour-de-force that easily holds its own against such seventies milestones as Paul McCartney's BAND ON THE RUN and Fleetwood Mac's RUMORS.Featuring a dynamic set of songs that range from the rousing power pop of "Just A Chance" to epic, upbeat ballads like "Dennis" and the delicate love song "Love Time," WISH YOU WERE HERE is Badfinger's most consistent and rewarding album. There's not a single wasted note and the several long medleys--"In The Meantime/Some Other Time" and "Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch/Should I Smoke"--show that Badfinger had perfected their distinctive brand of tuneful, adventurous rock that recalls the ABBEY ROAD-era Beatles at their best.
Editorial Reviews 3 stars out of 5 - ...great songs aplenty and Badfinger were convinced that this album was their most cohesive yet. They were right. If it's half an hour of Beatles-soaked pop that you're after then this is just perfect.Mojo (4/00, p.116) - ...A band turning stress and misery into pop genius....captures the same quality of '70s melancholic ecstasy as Alan Price's O LUCKY MAN or the theme from WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE LUCKY LADS... Q (04/01/2000)
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