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| Released | 1970 | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
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| Length | 40:34 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Fat Mattress | |||
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| Singles from Fat Mattress II | ||||
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Fat Mattress II is the second and final studio album by English rock band Fat Mattress, released in 1970.
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| allmusic |    [1] |
Compared with the band's debut self-titled album, Fat Mattress II was a commercial failure, not appearing in any major record charts. The album was described, in a review for music website allmusic, by critic Richie Unterberger as "similar to, but also inferior to, their debut." Unterberger went on to suggest that "The songs aren't even up to the debut's modest standard, however, and the lingering feeling is that of a tolerable but fairly anonymous '60s-turning-into-'70s band with a Transatlantic feel." [1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Storm" | Neil Landon, Jimmy Leverton | 4:13 |
| 2. | "Anyway You Want" | Landon, Leverton [2] | 3:47 |
| 3. | "Leafy Lane" | Landon, Leverton | 2:50 |
| 4. | "Naturally" | Landon, Leverton | 3:03 |
| 5. | "Roamin'" | Landon, Leverton | 4:25 |
| 6. | "Happy My Love" | Landon, Leverton | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Childhood Dream" | Landon, Leverton | 3:20 |
| 8. | "She" | Landon | 2:36 |
| 9. | "Highway" | Landon, Noel Redding | 4:24 |
| 10. | "At the Ball" | Landon, Redding | 4:13 |
| 11. | "People" | Landon, Redding | 4:00 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hall of Kings" | Landon | 5:32 |
| 2. | "Long Red" | West, Pappalardi, Landsberg, Ventura | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Words" | Landon, Leverton | 4:12 |
| 4. | "The River" | Landon, Leverton | 17:09 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Margarita" | Landon, Leverton | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Cold Wall of Stone" | Landon, Leverton, Jacobs | 2:36 |
| 3. | "Long Red" | West, Pappalardi, Landsberg, Ventura | 4:21 |
| 4. | "Words" | Landon, Leverton | 4:12 |
| 5. | "The River" | Landon, Leverton | 17:09 |
| 6. | "Future Days" | Leverton | 4:02 |
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Ref. |
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| United Kingdom | 1970 | Polydor | LP | 2383 025 | [1] [3] |
| Germany | |||||
| United States | 1970 | Atco | LP | SD 33-347 | [1] [4] |
| United Kingdom | 1992 | Sequel | CD | NEXCD197 | [1] [5] |
| United Kingdom | 29 June 2009 | Esoteric | CD | 2135 | [6] [7] |
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