For Earth Below

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For Earth Below
Robin Trower - For Earth Below.jpg
Studio album by
Robin Trower
ReleasedFebruary 1975
Studio Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
Genre Blues rock, hard rock
Length36:01
Label Chrysalis/Capitol
Producer Matthew Fisher
Robin Trower chronology
Bridge of Sighs
(1974)		For Earth Below
(1975)		 Robin Trower Live
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide C− [2]

For Earth Below is guitarist and songwriter Robin Trower's third solo album with cover art by "Funky" Paul Olsen. It was released in 1975, and peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 album chart in April 1975.

Contents

A 50th-anniversary, four-CD expanded edition was released in 2025.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robin Trower; except where indicated.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Shame The Devil" 3:32
2."It's Only Money" 5:36
3."Confessin' Midnight" 5:50
4."Fine Day"James Dewar, Robin Trower3:33
Total length:18:31
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Alethea" 3:02
6."A Tale Untold" 5:25
7."Gonna Be More Suspicious"James Dewar, Robin Trower3:03
8."For Earth Below" 6:00
Total length:17:30

50th Anniversary Edition

Disc one - Original 1975 Mix
No.TitleLength
Disc two - 2025 Remix
No.TitleLength
Disc three - Outtakes & Rarities
No.TitleLength
1."It’s Only Money" (Vocal Take 1)5:37
2."Fine Day" (Vocal Take Jam 1)3:33
3."Alethea" (Vocal Take 2)4:17
4."Happy" (Vocal Take 1)3:15
5."The Moody One" (Instrumental Take 2)5:23
6."Interview 1" (Top Of The Pops With Brian Matthew, 28th January 1975)0:58
7."Fine Day" (Top Of The Pops With Brian Matthew, 28th January 1975)3:21
8."Interview 2" (Top Of The Pops With Brian Matthew, 28th January 1975)6:03
9."Confessin’ Midnight" (Top Of The Pops With Brian Matthew, 28th January 1975)4:01
10."It’s Only Money" (Top Of The Pops With Brian Matthew, 28th January 1975)5:02
11."Gonna Be More Suspicious" (Top Of The Pops With Brian Matthew, 28th January 1975)3:00
12."Fine Day" (BBC Live In Concert, 29th January 1975)3:32
13."Alethea" (BBC Live In Concert, 29th January 1975)4:25
14."Gonna Be More Suspicious" (BBC Live In Concert, 29th January 1975)3:15
15."Rehearsal Instrumental Jam" (September 1974)17:46
Disc four - Live At The Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall, Los Angeles, 16th March 1975
No.TitleLength
1."Day Of The Eagle"3:53
2."Bridge Of Sighs"7:25
3."Gonna Be More Suspicious"3:11
4."Fine Day"3:56
5."Lady Love"3:14
6."Daydream"9:46
7."Too Rolling Stoned"7:40
8."I Can't Wait Much Longer"7:05
9."Alethea"5:35
10."Little Bit Of Sympathy"6:03
11."Confessin' Midnight"7:27
12."Rock Me Baby"7:37
13."The Fool And Me"6:03

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1975)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 47
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)26
United States (Billboard 200)5

References

  1. ↑ DeGagne, Mike. Robin Trower For Earth Below (1975) album review, credits & releases at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved 16 March 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 313. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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