The Great Fatsby

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The Great Fatsby
Leslie West The Great Fatsby.jpg
Studio album by
Leslie West
ReleasedMarch 1975
Studio Electric Lady Studios, NYC
Genre Blues-rock, hard rock
Length34:16
Label Phantom
Producer Leslie West, Bob D'Orleans
Leslie West chronology
Mountain
(1969)		The Great Fatsby
(1975)		 The Leslie West Band
(1976)
Singles from The Great Fatsby
  1. "Don't Burn Me" / "E.S.P."
    Released: May 1975

The Great Fatsby is the second album by American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Leslie West. It was released on Bud Prager's Phantom Records in March 1975 and distributed by RCA Records. The album features Mick Jagger on rhythm guitar. [1]

Contents

Following the albums release, Leslie West formed "The Leslie West Band", with which he toured the United States. [2] [3] [4]

Content

The album features four original tracks alongside West's interpretation of six other songs: covers of tracks by Paul Kelly, the Animals, the Rolling Stones, Sharks, Tim Hardin and Free.

"Little Bit of Love" would be the first of four tracks by Free covered by Leslie West. Subsequently he released "The Stealer" (on Alligator), "Walk in My Shadow" (on Got Blooze) and "Woman" (on Blue Me). "House of the Rising Sun" is a duet with Dana Valery. [5]

Release

The Great Fatsby was released in March 1975. [6] The album debuted at No. 177, [7] and peaked at No. 168 on the on the Billboard 200 chart. [8] "Don't Burn Me" was released as a single with "E.S.P." as the B-Side. [9]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Billboard (unrated) [11]
Christgau's Record Guide C+ [12]

A Cashbox reviewer wrote that West's "lightning guitar work and dynamic vocals carry this album to unbelievable listening heights." [13] A Record World reviewer describes the album as "a heavy hunk o' funk." [14]

AllMusic's Joe Viglione says the album "emerges as a unique look at an important rock & roll artist with some surprises tucked inside." [5]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Burn Me" Paul Kelly 3:01
2."House of the Rising Sun"Traditional; adapted and arranged by Leslie West4:59
3."High Roller" Corky Laing, Keith Richards, Leslie West, Mick Jagger, Sandra Palmer4:17
4."I'm Gonna Love You Thru the Night"Corky Laing, Leslie West2:42
5."E.S.P."Leslie West2:46
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Honky Tonk Women"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards3:20
2."If I Still Had You"Ira Stone, Maxine Stone, Leslie West2:17
3."Doctor Love" Andy Fraser 2:59
4."If I Were a Carpenter" Tim Hardin 5:20
5."Little Bit of Love"Andy Fraser, Paul Kossoff, Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke 2:35
Total length:34:16

Personnel

Additional personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Interview:Leslie West (Solo, Mountain, West Bruce & Laing)". November 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ "West Hits Road With New Band" (PDF). Cash Box . May 10, 1975. pp. 9, 14 – via World Radio History.
  3. ↑ "West Begins Tour, Plans Promo Contest" (PDF). Record World . May 10, 1975. p. 24 – via World Radio History.
  4. ↑ Mayer, Ira (May 3, 1975). "New York Central" (PDF). Record World . p. 23 – via World Radio History.
  5. 1 2 Viglione, Joe. "The Great Fatsby Review by Joe Viglione". AllMusic .
  6. ↑ "West `Fatsby' LP; 1st Phantom Disk Via RCA Records" (PDF). Cash Box . March 15, 1975. p. 7 – via World Radio History.
  7. ↑ "Billboard 200 - Week of April 19, 1975". Billboard . April 19, 1975.
  8. ↑ "Billboard 200 - Week of May 24, 1975". Billboard . May 24, 1975.
  9. ↑ "Cash Box - Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box . May 31, 1975. p. 24 – via World Radio History.
  10. ↑ Viglione, Joe. "The Great Fatsby Review". AllMusic.
  11. ↑ "Billboard's Top Album Picks" (PDF). Billboard . April 15, 1975. p. 52 – via World Radio History.
  12. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 22, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  13. ↑ "Cash Box - Album Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box . March 22, 1975. p. 30 – via World Radio History.
  14. ↑ "Record World - Album Picks" (PDF). Record World . March 29, 1975. p. 18 – via World Radio History.


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