Street Action

Street Action is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO), released in 1978.[5] It was the first BTO album released after the 1977 departure of co-founder Randy Bachman; the band replaced him with bassist/vocalist Jim Clench.[3] Fred Turner, who played bass on all previous BTO releases, moved to rhythm guitar, and he shared lead vocal duties with Clench. Street Action had a distinctively heavier sound than the previous two BTO studio albums (Head On and Freeways).

Street Action
Studio album by
Bachman–Turner Overdrive
ReleasedFebruary 1978
StudioAt Can-Base Studios, Mushroom Studios
GenreRock, hard rock
Length40:15
LabelMercury[1]
ProducerBTO
Bachman–Turner Overdrive chronology
Freeways
(1977)		 Street Action
(1978)		 Rock n' Roll Nights
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

The album was reissued in 2016 as part of the Bachman-Turner Overdrive Classic Albums Box Set.

Production

The album was recorded at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia.[6]

Critical reception

Rolling Stone wrote that "C.F. Turner suffers from Bachman’s ailment of being unable to sing a cliché with enough conviction to make you forget it’s a cliché."[7]

Track listing

(All songs by Clench, Thornton, Turner and Robbie Bachman)

  1. "I'm in Love" – 3:52 (lead vocal: C.F. Turner)
  2. "Down the Road" – 4:03 (lead vocal: Jim Clench)
  3. "Takes a Lot of People" – 4:06 (lead vocal: Turner)
  4. "A Long Time for a Little While" – 3:52 (lead vocal: Clench)
  5. "Street Action" – 4:16 (lead vocal: Turner)
  6. "For Love" – 4:39 (lead vocal: Turner)
  7. "Madison Avenue" – 6:01 (lead vocal: Turner)
  8. "You're Gonna Miss Me" – 4:07 (lead vocal: Clench)
  9. "The World Is Waiting for a Love Song" – 5:04 (lead vocal: Turner)

Personnel

with:

  • John Hall - piano on "I'm In Love"
  • Tom Keenlyside - saxophone on "Madison Avenue"

Production
  • Engineer: Rolf Henneman
  • Assistant engineer: Jeff Tolman
  • Art direction: James OMara
  • Photography: James OMara

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1978 Pop Albums 130[8]

References
  1. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. AllMusic review
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 348.
  4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 29.
  5. "Bachman-Turner Overdrive | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. "West's Labels, Studios". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 27, 1979 – via Google Books.
  7. Young, Charles M. (June 1, 1978). "Street Action". Rolling Stone.
  8. Joel Whitburn's top pop albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. 2001. p. 40.
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