Gimme Some Neck

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Gimme Some Neck
Gimme Some Neck - Ron Wood.jpg
Studio album by
Released20 April 1979
RecordedJanuary–March 1978 at Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris, France; October–December 1978 at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre Rock
Label Columbia
Producer Roy Thomas Baker
Ron Wood chronology
Mahoney's Last Stand
(1976)
Gimme Some Neck
(1979)
1234
(1981)

Gimme Some Neck is the third solo album by English musician Ron Wood, released in 1979. [1] It was a minor hit and his best performance on the US charts to date, peaking at number 45 on Billboard during a 13-week chart run. The album artwork features illustrations drawn by Wood, with a self-portrait in the center of the front side.

Contents

To tour the United States in support of the album, Wood formed the New Barbarians with musicians including Keith Richards, Ian McLagan and Bobby Keys, all of whom contributed to the recording. The Landover concert from this tour was recorded and released as Buried Alive: Live in Maryland in 2006.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B− [3]
MusicHound Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Newsday wrote that "there is no first-rate rock and roll playing of any kind ... the songs are mostly bland filler." [6]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ron Wood; except where noted.

Side one
  1. "Worry No More" (Jerry Lynn Williams) – 2:34
  2. "Breakin' My Heart" – 4:17
  3. "Delia" (Traditional) – 0:42
  4. "Buried Alive" – 3:37
  5. "Come to Realise" – 3:52
  6. "Infekshun" – 4:03
Side two
  1. "Seven Days" (Bob Dylan) – 4:10
  2. "We All Get Old" – 4:09
  3. "F.U.C. Her" – 3:15
  4. "Lost and Lonely" – 4:14
  5. "Don't Worry" – 3:26

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Chart (1979)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [7] 91

Studio and road crew

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