Year: September 1972 (CD 2006)
Label: Repertoire Records (Germany), REPUK 1081
Style: RockCountry: Leicester, England
Time: 53:57
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 310 Mb
Обложка альбома выполнена в форме телевизора Bush TV22 с чёрно-белым изображением. Открывает диск композиция "Burlesque" основой которой послужил одноимённый бар в родном городе Leicester для Roger Chapman (born 8 April 1942 in Leicester).
Кроме Roger Chapman (lead vocals, percussion, soprano saxophone) на альбоме записывались Charlie Whitney (born 24 June 1944) - guitars, keyboards. Poli Palmer (born 26 May 1943) – keyboards, vibes, flute, percussion, guitar. John Wetton (born 12 June 1949) - basses, backing vocals, знаком нам по группам King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash. Ну и последний участник Rob Townsend (born 7 July 1947) - drums. Все вместе они именуют себя Family.
Bandstand является вторым и последним альбомом группы с участием Джона Уэттона, который присоединился к Family год назад и принимал активное участи в записи предыдущего альбома Fearless. Участие Уэттона в Bandstand было существенно меньше, а сразу после окончания записи этого альбома он покинул Family, чтобы присоединиться к King Crimson. Уэттона заменил Джим Креган, с которым группа отправилась в гастрольное путешествие в США.
Album достиг 183-го места в Billboard 200.
Bandstand marked a notable change of direction for the band. Family's sound had become more mainstream and somewhat more conventional. By Roger Chapman's own admission, he and Charlie Whitney were getting more standardised in their songwriting, relying more on choruses and regular verse structure. Their sound was brought closer to the mainstream by British soul singer Linda Lewis contributing backing vocals, and Del Newman string arrangements.
Bandstand opened with "Burlesque", a straight rocker about a bar of that name in Chapman and Whitney's hometown of Leicester, England. Released as a single in the UK, it got up to number thirteen on the UK Singles Chart. Heavier songs on Bandstand included "Broken Nose", an angry sexual rant involving the British class structure, and "Ready To Go", a swipe at Family's detractors in the British rock press. Family also were becoming more adept with introspective tunes like "Coronation", about an apartment dweller ruminating about his neighbours and his own dishevelled flat, and "Dark Eyes," an atmospheric, sensual ballad Chapman wrote with Poli Palmer. Many Family fans cited "Glove", a soulful power ballad about meeting a woman through an act of chivalry, as one of their best songs ever. "My Friend the Sun", a straight acoustic ballad, displayed a tenderness previously absent in Chapman's vocal style. It was also issued as a single in the UK, but did not chart.
Bandstand was the last Family album to feature John Wetton. Having joined the band only a year earlier and being a large vocal and instrumental presence on Fearless, Wetton's role in the band was reduced on Bandstand, and he left to join King Crimson. He was replaced by Jim Cregan, and the group toured North America with Elton John immediately after Bandstand's release . They received favourable exposure from American critics and radio DJs and built up a small but loyal cult following in the US as a result.
Bandstand is the only Family album not to feature an instrumental track.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandstand_(album))
01. Burlesque (04:04)
02. Bolero Babe (04:35)
03. Coronation (03:50)
04. Dark Eyes (01:46)
05. Broken Nose (04:09)
06. My Friend The Sun (04:20)
07. Glove (04:50)
08. Ready To Go (04:36)
09. Top Of The Hill (05:40)
10. The Rockin' R'S (Single B-Side) (03:22)
11. No Mules Fool (Live) (02:58)
12. Good News - Bad News (Live) (04:10)
13. The Weavers Answer (Live) (05:34)
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