Road Food

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Road Food
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Studio album by
Released April 1974
Recorded1973–1974
StudioRCA's Studio A in Hollywood, California and the Sound Stage, Toronto
Genre Rock
Length36:05
Label RCA Victor
Producer Jack Richardson
The Guess Who chronology
The Best of The Guess Who Volume II
(1973)
Road Food
(1974)
Flavours
(1974)
Singles from Road Food
  1. "Star Baby"
    Released: February 1974
  2. "Clap for the Wolfman"
    Released: June 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Road Food is the twelfth studio album by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. It was originally released by RCA Records in 1974. It was the last album by the group to feature guitarists Kurt Winter and Donnie McDougall.

Contents

Release history

In addition to the usual 2-channel stereo version the album was also released by RCA in a 4-channel quadraphonic version on both LP and 8-track tape. The quad LP version was released using the Quadradisc system.

On the first CD issue, the songs from side two of the original album were switched with the songs from side one. This means that it begins with "Clap for the Wolfman", rather than "Star Baby".

The album was reissued on CD in 2012 by Iconoclassic with 2 bonus tracks.

In 2018 the album was reissued again in the UK by Dutton Vocalion on the Super Audio CD format. This disc is a 2 albums on 1 disc compilation which also contains the 1973 album #10 . The Dutton Vocalion release contains the complete stereo and quad versions of both albums.

Track listing

All songs written by Burton Cummings except noted.

Side one
  1. "Star Baby" – 2:38
  2. "Attila's Blues" (The Guess Who) – 4:54
  3. "Straighten Out" (Cummings, Wallace) – 2:22
  4. "Don't You Want Me" – 2:20
  5. "One Way Road to Hell" (Cummings, Wallace) – 5:26
Side two
  1. "Clap for the Wolfman" (Cummings, Wallace, Winter) – 4:15
  2. "Pleasin' for Reason" (McDougall, Cummings) – 3:17
  3. "Road Food" (Wallace, Cummings) – 3:39
  4. "Ballad of the Last Five Years" – 7:15
2012 Iconoclassic Remaster Bonus Tracks
  1. "Sona Sona" (sans 1988 overdubs)
  2. "One Way Road to Hell" (run through) (Cummings, Wallace)

Personnel

The Guess Who
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1974)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [3] 87
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [4] 28
US Billboard 200 [5] 60

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