TRB Two

TRB Two
Studio album by Tom Robinson Band
Released March 1979
Recorded December 13-19, 1978
Studio Rockfield Studios, Wales
Genre Punk rock, hard rock, new wave
Label Razor & Tie
EMI
Producer Todd Rundgren
Tom Robinson Band chronology
Power in the Darkness
(1978)Power in the Darkness1978		 TRB Two
(1979)		 Tom Robinson Band
(1981)Tom Robinson Band1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau(A-) [2]
Smash Hits8/10[3]

TRB Two – also known as TRB2 – is the second studio album by Tom Robinson Band. It was recorded days after the original drummer, Dolphin Taylor, left the band. The TRB disbanded four months after its release. Steve Ridgeway designed the cover.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Tom Robinson; except where indicated

  1. "All Right All Night" (Robinson, Danny Kustow, Dolphin Taylor)
  2. "Why Should I Mind" (Robinson, Danny Kustow)
  3. "Black Angel"
  4. "Let My People Be"
  5. "Blue Murder"
  6. "Bully for You" (music: Peter Gabriel; lyrics: Robinson)
  7. "Crossing Over the Road" (Robinson, Danny Kustow)
  8. "Sorry, Mr. Harris"
  9. "Law & Order" (music: Robinson, Nick Plytas, Taylor; lyrics: Robinson, Dolphin Taylor)
  10. "Days of Rage" (Robinson, Dolphin Taylor)
  11. "Hold Out"

Personnel

Tom Robinson Band

with:

Technical
  • Bill Price - preparation
  • Paul Libsom, Tom Edmonds - engineer
  • Julie Harris, Steve Ridgeway - cover design

Songs

The album was dedicated to Mrs. Mary Towers, the mother of Liddle Towers. Liddle Towers was an amateur boxer who had died in police custody in 1976 - his case was the subject of "Blue Murder".[4]

"Black Angel" was originally recorded as "Sweet Black Angel" by Robinson's first band, Café Society, on their self-titled debut album in 1975.[5]

Robinson and Danny Kustow believe "Bully for You" inspired " Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" by Pink Floyd, with whom the band shared a manager[6] and label. "There's no question [the song's repeated] 'We don't need no aggravation' was in the air around [Floyd lyricist] Roger Waters," said the former. "The truth of it is that I had a really good idea for a chorus and we didn't make the most of it. If 'Bully for You' had started with, 'We don't need no aggravation,' how much better would it have been? Roger's skills as a writer were far more developed than my own. He put a great idea to better use, so fair play to him."[7]

References

  1. ↑ "TRB 2 - Tom Robinson, Tom Robinson Band - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: tom robinson band". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (April 5-18 1979): 25.
  4. ↑ "Tom Robinson Band - TRB Two". Discogs. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  6. ↑ "Only The Now: Tom Robinson Discusses His New Album, Pt. 2". PledgeMusic. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Ling, Dave: "Pride & Prejudice"; Classic Rock #216, November 2015, p76
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