Anyway (album)

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Anyway
Family Anyway.jpg
Studio album / Live album by
Family
ReleasedNovember 1970
RecordedJuly 26, 1970 live tracks
Venue Fairfield Halls, Croydon
Studio Olympic Sound Studios, London
Genre Progressive rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock
Length40:18
Label Reprise (UK), United Artists (U.S.)
Producer Family for Bradgate Bush, Ltd.
Family chronology
A Song for Me
(1970)		Anyway
(1970)		 Old Songs New Songs
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide C+ [2]

Anyway is the fourth album by the British progressive rock band Family. Side one was recorded at a concert at Fairfield Halls in Croydon, south London; side two is a collection of new studio recordings. [1]

Contents

Background

Anyway is Family's follow-up album to their Top 5 UK charting album, A Song for Me. It peaked at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart, and remained on the charts for eight weeks. [3]

Production credit for the album was attributed to Family (for their company Bradgate Bush Ltd) and Tony Gourvish (manager) was credited as 'Co-ordination'. Gourvish is credited between live tracks by singer Roger Chapman as 'shining in his new Kings Road suit'.[ citation needed ]

The album was released on the Reprise label (RSX 9005) as a stereo pressing. Editions are known to have been released in France (gatefold card sleeve, no bag SRV 6120 and later in a stouter card sleeve with a greyer coloured illustration) and Canada and the US (single-pocket card sleeve with "In My Own Time" - a later single, - added as first track on the studio side with the track "Normans" severely edited to make room). The band was moving from US Reprise to US United Artists, and the album was not issued in the US initially. When it did get issued, it initially had the same tracks as the UK album did, but was quickly replaced with "In My Own Time" and "Normans" being edited. The Canadian edition was released on the United Artists label after Family had delivered Bandstand the following album, and had an explanatory sticker on the shrink-wrap.[ citation needed ]

The UK edition of the album came housed in a plastic see-through sleeve with a gatefold non-pocket inner card design by Hamish and Gustav. The outer illustration was licensed from Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan and was titled 'Mortars With Explosive Projectiles' by Leonardo da Vinci. No track listing was printed on the outside of the sleeve.[ citation needed ]

The track "Normans" was named after a light-hearted band name for people who were deemed idiotic. Radio One disc jockey John Peel rated "Lives And Ladies" as one of the most powerful anti-war songs he had ever heard, and he was known to play the track long after 1970.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

All tracks written by John "Charlie" Whitney and Roger Chapman, except where noted.

Side One: Fairfield Halls, Croydon [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Good News - Bad News" 7:48
2."Willow Tree" 4:48
3."Holding the Compass" 4:15
4."Strange Band"Whitney, Chapman, Jim Williamson [5] 4:12
Side Two: Olympic Studios
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Part of the Load" 4:38
2."Anyway" 3:40
3."Normans"Palmer, Whitney, Weider4:28
4."Lives and Ladies" 6:29

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Chart positions

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References

  1. 1 2 DeGagne, Mike (2011). "Anyway - Family". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved 24 February 2019.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ "anyway | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Family – Anyway (1970, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. November 1970. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Liner notes of album's CD reissue 2015, p.7
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