Use Your Imagination

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艺人: Mud
语种: 英语
厂牌: Private Stock
发行时间: 1975年02月14日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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by Tim Sendra

In 1975 Mud decided they didn't need to be puppets of the highly successful songwriters/producers Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman any longer. While the duo had written all the band's hits like &Tiger Feet& and &Dynamite,& the group had been penning their own B-sides and felt they could strike out on their own without striking out. Their first self-penned single &L'L'Lucy& was a hit reaching number ten and the album Use Your Imagination reached number 33. Not exactly smashes, but enough to keep the band in the spotlight. The album was a bit of a departure from their previous records which were loaded with covers of rock classics and seemed nothing more than placeholders between Chinn/Chapman singles. There are only two covers here, a silly reggae take of the Everly Brothers' &Bird Dog& and a rollicking take of Curtis Lee's &Under the Moon of Love& (which later became a hit for Showaddywaddy with a very similar arrangement). The rest are composed by the band or contemporary songwriters and are a mixed bag of glammy rockers and '50s-styled ballads. The rockers fare better with &R.U. Man Enough,& &Don't Knock It,& &Hair of the Dog& and &L'L'Lucy& generating loads of energy and excitement. Rockabilly stomper &43792 (I'm Bustin' You)& and the proto-disco &Use Your Imagination& are also fine songs that are welcome diversions from the glam sound. The ballads fall flat however as &Show Me You're a Woman& is a treacly, soft rock love song with some truly cringe-inducing lyrics, &Maybe Tomorrow& is stiff and far too Sha Na Na-sounding. Luckily they stick to the rockers for the most part. One could question the wisdom of leaving Chinn and Chapman behind but apart from a stumble or two, Mud came up with a pretty strong album here. Maybe even their best. You wouldn't want to start your collection here though; a singles compilation from their early years is definitely the place to begin.

Use Your Imagination

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