It's All About

Artist: Spooky Tooth Label: Edsel Records UK Category: Music Average customer rating: Format: Import Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 740155146726 EAN: 0740155146726 ASIN: B0000011VZ Release Date: 1996-02-20

It's All About

Tracks:

1. Society's Child
2. Love Really Changed Me
3. Here I Lived So Well
4. Too Much Of Nothing
5. Sunshine Help Me
6. It's All About A Roundabout
7. Tobacco Road
8. It Hurts You So
9. Forget It, I Got It
10. Bubbles

Customer Reviews:

Good debut.......2004-03-07

In the sixties, a plethora of rock and roll bands began to emerge, although sadly, many of them would be lost and forgotten as trends changed. Spooky Tooth was one of these rather unfortunate bands. That's a real shame, because these guys made some excellent rock and roll tunes. The band formed from the remnants of an older band called Art. The frontman for Spooky Tooth was none other than Gary Wright, best known for his hit The Dream Weaver. At one point the band would even feature Mick Jones, the guitar mastermind behind future classic rock legends Foreigner (although he hadn't joined the band yet when this was recorded.) How does Spooky Tooth's first album, It's All About, measure up? Read on and find out.

The first thing I need to state about this album is that even though Gary Wright is a part of this band, DO NOT be expecting material similar to his biggest hit, The Dream Weaver. If you come in expecting material of that sort, you're going to be disappointed. But if you're a fan of classic sixties rock, these guys are bound to please. In addition to cover songs, the band serves up a number of its own unique compositions. Among the artists covered on this album are Janis Ian and Bob Dylan. Their covers of songs by these artists are just as good as the originals, if not better. Likewise, the band's own unique compositions are also excellent. In the end you are left with songs that are similar to one another, but each one manages to hold its own sense of individuality. Overall, it's a good album.

In addition to the version of this album that Amazon sells, there is also another import reissue, which was made in Isreal circa 1995. I recommend hunting down the Isreal version of the album, because it features an additional TEN TRACKS, which double the length of the album! This version has been known to pop up on eBay, so keep your eyes peeled.

My final verdict is simple. If you like classic sixties rock, then this album is recommended. However, it is EXTREMELY difficult to find (the only version of the album Amazon carries in an IMPORT!) Accordingly, you'll be better off skipping this album and going straight to the band's sophomore effort, Spooky Two (that's actually a better album overall.) Spooky Tooth were underrated classic rock geniuses, and this album (as well as its follow-up) demonstrate that beautifully.

Spooky Tooth is still good!.......2000-10-26

decent debut.......2000-10-03

Blues based background with R&B, psychedelia flashes........1999-10-10

With their first album "It's all about..." the band was playing well written and well played numbers, either of their own, "Love really changed me" or "Sunshine help Me", or well chosen numbers by other established musicians like Bob Dylan's "Too much of nothing" or Janis Ian's "Society's Child". One the best and often overlooked songs that fail to ever appear on any compilation collections is "Forget it, I got it" which really shows the direction the band would take in later albums like "Spooky Two" and "The Last Puff".

The real bummer about this band is that after their very excellent second album "Spooky Two" the band began to fall apart. First the departure of Greg Ridley, a very fine bassist (who left to help start Humble Pie), was a hard person to replace. Not in terms of having a body on the stage or in the studio plunking away on bass, but as a seasoned musician and writer. Check out songs on the first three Humble Pie albums if your interested in his song writing style.

Then immediately after their third album "Ceremony" Gary Wright leaves the band, probably more from pressure of the band members constant bashing of an album that was really greeted fairly by the British Music press (which in itself was/is a rarity) that he felt that it would be best just to split, although he would return later. "Ceremony" is often a unnecessarily harshly criticized album.

By the time "The Last Puff" was recorded and released, what has turned out to be the core of the band, Grosvenor/Harrison/Kellie, enlisted the remains of the "Grease Band" of 'Joe Cocker' fame. Henry McCulloch-guitar/Chris Stainton-keys/guitar/bass and Alan Spenner/bass, to assist with one of the bands and R&Rs grittiest and hardest albums.

It is truly a shame that the band never really chose this direction to go. The Mick Jones Connection is truly unfortunate due to the fact that at this point in time the band with or without Wright was only going through the motions of being a band.

All and all this is truly a missed band in its original form. Good thing that the band finally released an album of new number for the 90's.

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