Spooky Two

Spooky Two
Studio album by Spooky Tooth
Released March 1969
Recorded Morgan Studios, London[1]
Genre Blues rock[2]
Length 37:42
Label Island/A&M (US)
Festival (Australia)
Producer Jimmy Miller
Spooky Tooth chronology
It's All About
(1968)It's All About1968		 Spooky Two
(1969)		 Ceremony
(with Pierre Henry)
(1970)Ceremony1970

Spooky Two is the second studio album by the English rock band Spooky Tooth. It was originally released in March 1969, on the label Island Records in 1969 (licensed to A&M in the United States).[3]

History and Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
MusicHound3/5[5]
Rolling Stone(mixed)[6]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide[7]

In a retrospective review, Mike DeGagne of AllMusic wrote: "Spooky Two is this British blues-rock band's pièce de résistance. All eight of the tracks compound free-styled rock and loose-fitting guitar playing, resulting in some fantastic raw music … their smooth, relaxed tempos and riffs mirrored bands like Savoy Brown and, at times, even the Yardbirds … Although Spooky Tooth lasted about seven years, their other albums never really contained the same passion or talented collaborating by each individual musician as Spooky Two."[4]

Subsequent to the release of the album, Greg Ridley left the group, to join Humble Pie.

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Wright, except where noted.

  1. "Waitin' for the Wind" (Luther Grosvenor, Mike Harrison, Wright) – 3:27
  2. "Feelin' Bad" (Mike Kellie, Wright) – 3:17
  3. "I've Got Enough Heartaches" (Kellie, Wright) – 3:24
  4. "Evil Woman" (Larry Weiss) – 9:00
  5. "Lost in My Dream" – 5:03
  6. "That Was Only Yesterday" – 3:51
  7. "Better by You, Better than Me" – 4:12
  8. "Hangman Hang My Shell on a Tree" – 5:40

Personnel

Other credits

References

  1. ↑ https://dereksmusicblog.com/2015/11/04/spooky-tooth-the-island-years/
  2. ↑ "The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time". Classic Rock. Future plc. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Spooky Two at Discogs (list of releases)
  4. 1 2 DeGagne, Mike. "Spooky Tooth Spooky Two". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  5. ↑ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 1249. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  6. ↑ Gancher, David (20 September 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (42): 35.
  7. ↑ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (eds) (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. New York, NY: Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 481. ISBN 0-394-72107-1.
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