Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces

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Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces
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Studio album by
If
ReleasedOctober 1974
RecordedOctober 1973 – February 1974 at:
Sleepy Hollow Recording, Ithaca, N.Y.
Majestic Sound, London, England.
The Sound Pit, Atlanta, GA.
Allen-Martin Studios, Louisville, KY.
Genre Jazz rock
Progressive rock
Length36:06
Label Capitol (US)
Gull (UK)
Brain Records (Germany) [1]
Producer Lew Futterman, assisted by Jon Child and Cliff Davies
If chronology
Double Diamond
(1973)
Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces
(1974)
Tea Break Over–Back on Your 'Eads!
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces is the seventh studio album by British jazz-rock band If, released in 1974.

Contents

The band was now back on Capitol Records for U.S. distribution.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "In the Winter of Your Life" – 4:59 (Geoff Whitehorn, Cliff Davies)
  2. "Stormy Every Weekday Blues" – 6:07 (Davies)
  3. "Follow That with Your Performing Seals" – 5:51 (Dick Morrissey)

Side two

  1. "Still Alive" – 4:29 (Morrissey, Brigitta Morrissey)
  2. "Borrowed Time" – 4:30 (Davies)
  3. "Chiswick High Road Blues" – 5:17 (Davies)
  4. "I Believe in Rock & Roll" – 4:53 (Whitehorn, Davies, Walt Monaghan)

Personnel

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References

  1. "IF (6) - Not Just Another Bunch Of Pretty Faces (LP) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. "IF – Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces (1974, Vinyl)". Discogs .