Tasty (Good Rats album)

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Tasty
Goodrats tasty cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1974
RecordedHouse of Music, West Orange, New Jersey, 1974
Genre Rock
Label Warner Brothers Records
Ratcity Records
Mondo Records
Fireball Records
Producer Stephan Galfas
Good Rats chronology
The Good Rats
(1969)
Tasty
(1974)
Ratcity in Blue
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record Guide C− [1]

Tasty is a 1974 album by Good Rats and was released on the Warner Brothers Records label.

Contents

Track listings

Words and music by Peppi Marchello – arranged by Good Rats

  1. "Back To My Music" 2:34
  2. "Injun Joe" 5:28
  3. "Tasty" 3:22
  4. "Papa Poppa" 5:08
  5. "Klash-Ka-Bob" 3:34
  6. "Fireball Express" 3:16
  7. "Fred Upstairs & Ginger Snappers" 3:11
  8. "300 Boys" 3:49
  9. "Phil Fleish" 4:00
  10. "Songwriter" 3:50

A 2018 Record Store Day vinyl album had a different track ordering and added a bonus track:

11. "Melting Pot Cookbook (Bonus Demo)" 3:35

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.