Hear and Now (album)

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Hear and Now
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Released1975
Recorded1974
Genre Rock
Label Blue Thumb
Producer Jerry Fuller
The Butts Band chronology
Butts Band
(1974)
Hear and Now
(1975)
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Hear and Now is the second and final album by Butts Band, released in 1975. With the exception of founders Robby Krieger and John Densmore, the band consists entirely of different musicians than the band's debut album.

Contents

As with the band's self titled debut album, Hear and Now sold poorly and the group disbanded shortly after the album's release.

1996 compilation

Both albums by the Butts Band were repackaged together and released in 1996 as One Way label's, "The Complete Recordings". Two studio bonus tracks, "That's All Right" and "Lovin' You For All The Right Reasons", were added to the album.

Track listing

  1. "Get Up, Stand Up" (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh)
  2. "Corner of My Mind" (Robby Krieger)
  3. "Caught in the Middle" (Robby Krieger)
  4. "Everybody's Fool" (Alex Richman)
  5. "Livin' and Dyin'" (Robby Krieger)
  6. "Don't Wake Up" (Robby Krieger)
  7. "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" (Rudy Clark)
  8. "Feelin' So Bad" (Alex Richman)
  9. "White House" (Michael Stull)
  10. "Act of Love" (Robby Krieger)

Personnel

Additional personnel

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References

  1. Viglione, Joe. Album review at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2013.