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Against The Grain
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Album: Against The Grain (Remastered 2017)
# Song Title   Time
1)    Let Me In More Info...
2)    Cross Me Off Your List More Info...
3)    Ain't Too Good More Info...
4)    Souped-up Ford More Info...
5)    Bought and Sold More Info...
6)    I Take What I Want More Info...
7)    Lost at Sea More Info...
8)    All Around Man More Info...
9)    Out On the Western Plain More Info...
10)    At the Bottom More Info...
11)    Cluney Blues More Info...
12)    My Baby, Sure More Info...
 
Album: Against The Grain (Remastered 2017)
# Song Title   Time
1)    Let Me In More Info...
2)    Cross Me Off Your List More Info...
3)    Ain't Too Good More Info...
4)    Souped-up Ford More Info...
5)    Bought and Sold More Info...
6)    I Take What I Want More Info...
7)    Lost at Sea More Info...
8)    All Around Man More Info...
9)    Out On the Western Plain More Info...
10)    At the Bottom More Info...
11)    Cluney Blues More Info...
12)    My Baby, Sure More Info...
 
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Performer Notes
  • Personnel includes: Rory Gallagher (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Lou Martin (keyboards); Gerry McAvoy (bass); Rod de'Ath (drums, percussion).
  • Recorded at Wessex Studios, London, England. Originally released on Chrysalis (1098). Includes liner notes by Donal Gallagher.
  • Digitally remastered by Tony Arnold.
  • This is part of Buddha Records' Original Masters series.
  • After releasing two albums in 1973 and a live, contract-fulfilling disc in 1974, Gallagher returned rested and recharged in 1975 with a new record label, Chrysalis, and a band with almost three years of hard touring under their belts. With its attention to detai, Against the Grain sounds more practiced and intricate than most of Gallagher's previous studio discs, but still includes some of his most powerful rockers. The supercharged "Souped-Up Ford," where Rory howls and wails, with his voice and smoking slide, and "All Around Man," an urgent blues rocker that begins with Gallagher screaming and crying together with just his electric guitar until the band kicks in with a stop-start blues rhythm, are two of the definitive moments. "Bought and Sold" adds congas to the mix to bring a more rootsy and even jazzy feel to Rory's table. But it's on the acoustic tracks where the guitarist and his band really lay into the groove. Gallagher's version of Leadbelly's "Out On the Western Plain," with its combination of Indian chords, American Delta folk and cowboy "yippee-ki-yay" chorus is one of the Irishman's unheralded highlights, and "Cross Me Off Your List" is affecting in its yearning melody, subtle keyboard and minor key. A playful and forceful romp through Sam and Dave's "I Take What I Want" shows Gallagher's soul roots. Two bonus tracks from the 2000 reissue and recorded at these sessions are country based jams, but neither is particularly impressive. Not his best album, Against the Grain is still prime period Rory Gallagher. Its well-rounded menu of country, Delta blues, and blues-rock is indicative of his approach; though few of these songs became classics in the guitarist's extensive catalog, they're far more mature and eclectic than most blues-rock bands' best work. ~ Hal Horowitz
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