Bachman-Turner Overdrive II

Bachman-Turner Overdrive II Artist: Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Label: Mca Special Products
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 042282250421
EAN: 0042282250421
ASIN: B000001F7L


Release Date: 1989-07-03

Bachman-Turner Overdrive II


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Tracks:

  1. Blown
  2. Welcome Home
  3. Stonegates
  4. Let It Ride
  5. Give It Time
  6. Tramp
  7. I Don't Have To Hide
  8. Takin' Care Of Business

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  1. Not Fragile
  2. Freeways
  3. Head On
  4. Fool for the City
  5. Toulouse Street

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great .......2007-02-12

I bough this and you should too because it has many of there hits every bodey in my family loves it we all have it on our computers.there are some less known songs and then you get there biggest hits.

5 out of 5 stars The essential BTO album.......2005-06-22

In 1970, Randy Bachman left the Guess Who because of clashes between him and other members. He converted to Mormonism and was in disdain with the band's environment. Three years later, he formed BTO and their first album flopped. Their sophomore record, aptly titled BTO II, was a commercial breakthrough and revived Bachman's career. It is considered an essential album and no classic rock collection is complete without it. I would highly recommend this and the Guess Who albums with Bachman.

4 out of 5 stars 4.5 stars - a solid sophomore effort.......2005-03-24

Bachman-Turner Overdrive II (1973.) Bachman-Turner Overdrive's second album.

Despite Randy Bachman's initial post-Guess Who projects bombing, by the mid-seventies he had settled in a band that was destined to do well - the aptly-named Bachman-Turner Overdrive. The group evolved from Brave Belt, an early post-Guess Who Bachman band. When Randy Bachman joined forces with C.F. Turner, the results were astonishing. The new version of the group released their debut in 1973. Despite being a commercial failure (although the music was good), the group endured. Bachman-Turner Overdrive II, the group's second album, was released before the end of the year, and it fared better commercially, spawning some big hits. Read on for my review of it.

The first BTO album was excellent, but tanked commercially. With this album, the band created an album that was both excellent and well-received by the public. People who hadn't heard Bachman since his Guess Who days were beginning to rediscover the forgotten rocker - this was, in more ways than not, his comeback album. The band's style, which fused elements of American southern-style rock, rhythm and blues, and pop rock, peaked on this album. Two huge hits came from this album - the down-to-earth, gritty classic rock of Let It Ride, and the classic pop-rock anthem, Takin' Care Of Business (the latter has since become the band's biggest hit.) But as with the releases most rock and roll artists put out, you've gotta go beyond the hits to get the most out of the album. The classic rock of the opening track, Blown, really must be heard to be appreciated. Also not to be overlooked is the Creedence Clearwater Revival-style rock of Stonegate. A minor hit for the group, the hard rocker Welcome Home, is one of the album's strongest tracks. Bachman serves up some of his best riffs here. Give It Time and I Don't Have To Hide are underrated gems that must not be overlooked. My personal favorite song on the album, though, would have to be Tramp. This hard rocker comes from a hobo's point of view. Sound silly? Yeah, it is. The lyrics in this track, at times, are laughable, but in my opinion they add to its charm. And the instrumentation is what matters most, as the track demonstrates. There's not a single weak track here. If you like Bachman-Turner Overdrive and you only want to get one of their albums, this would be a fine choice.

Sadly, the Bachman-Turner Overdrive catalogue (with the exception of some hits compilations and the Not Fragile album) seems to be fading from store shelves. This stuff is long overdue for reissuing! Remasters with expanded liner notes and bonus tracks are LONG overdue. What's the record company waiting for?

In the end, this stands strong as one of the band's best albums of all - and it's the ideal place for any new fan to start their collection. Of all of the albums Randy Bachman released in the seventies, this is arguably the best one of all. If you're a fan of classic rock, your classic rock collection is far from complete without this album. If you like classic rock and/or Randy Bachman, don't hesitate to pick this one up. You won't be disappointed.

5 out of 5 stars BTO Beat The Sophmore Jinx.......2005-02-07

Bachman-Turner Overdrive beat the sophmore jinx and come up with a wonderful second album on II. Such standards as "Let It Ride" (sung by Fred Turner) and "Takin' Care Of Business" (sung by Randy Bachman) show the contrast between Turner's gruff scream and Bachman's smoother singing, although both are rooted in the Memphis-Chicago-Texas-St. Louis-New Orleans-Detroit-Philadelphia-Kansas City blues/R&B/soul/rock & roll tradition. Another standout on this album is "Welcome Home", which was never released as a single. This is an album you should definitely purchase.

4 out of 5 stars W H E W ! ! ! ! ! THIS ONE LEAVES YA EXHAUSTED............2004-11-11

BTO's big break in the states........early '74 saw the release of the three-and-a-half-minute single version of "Let It Ride" (this disc's got the full version, with C.F.'s supersonic screaming intact). And "Takin' Care Of Business" saw us all through the summer of '74.

But there's a lot more to this effort--in fact, see if you can make it thru the album's first half without being totally pooped. In fact, the opener, "Blown"--a real "window-smasher" of a rocker--gets the adrenaline pumping right away, to say the least........Randy Bachman's famous "Long-Kamm Slide" is the icing on the cake with this track. It's amazing "Blown," which was the most-played album track on FM stations 30 years back, hasn't made it onto today's rigid Classic Rock playlists.

A Randy Bachman composition, "Welcome Home," is an indication of how wily the man could be; it's not for nothing that he's considered one of rock's great robbers.....hear, for instance, his amusing jazz guitar solo which rounds out the track (after he's all done yelling the song's title at the very top of his lungs for the umpteenth time.

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