Max Webster (album)

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Max Webster
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Studio album by
Released3 May 1976
Recorded1976
StudioToronto Sound Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre Hard rock, progressive rock
Length36:10
Label Taurus
Producer Max Webster, Terry Brown, Tom Berry
Max Webster chronology
Max Webster
(1976)
High Class in Borrowed Shoes
(1977)
Singles from Max Webster
  1. "Blowing the Blues Away" / "Hangover"
    Released: 1976
US edition cover
Max Webster hangover.jpg
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 10/10 [2]

Max Webster was the first record released by Canadian rock band Max Webster. The record was released in 1976 on Taurus Records, a short-lived label created by Rush manager Ray Danniels. The album was re-issued in January 1977 by Anthem Records in Canada and on Mercury Records in the US, with the title Hangover and different artwork.

Contents

Max Webster was certified gold in 1979 by the Canadian Recording Industry Association. [3]

Track listing

All songs written by Kim Mitchell and Pye Dubois, except where indicated

Side one
  1. "Hangover" – 4:36
  2. "Here Among the Cats" – 3:07
  3. "Blowing the Blues Away" (Terry Watkinson) – 3:33
  4. "Summer Turning Blue" – 3:05
  5. "Toronto Tontos" - 3:40
Side two
  1. "Coming Off the Moon" – 3:38
  2. "Only Your Nose Knows" – 4:16
  3. "Summer's Up" – 2:45
  4. "Lily" (Mitchell) – 7:42

Personnel

Max Webster
Production

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References

  1. Hill, Gary. "Max Webster Max Webster review". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  2. Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 181–182. ISBN   978-1894959025.
  3. "Gold Platinum Database Artist: Max Webster". Music Canada . Retrieved 2021-06-21.