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Stray - Houdini (1976) [Reissue 2007]

Posted By: gribovar

Date: 3 Nov 2018 13:07:48

1976's Houdini found Stray in recovery mode from the record company and personnel change woes that had afflicted the previous year's uneven Stand Up and Be Counted album - one of the few occasions in their career when the enduring London outfit could be accused of playing it relatively safe, in what seemed like a conscious attempt to chart a single at radio. Not that they were about to risk the same level of almost reckless creative adventure that had both thrilled and confused the punters who'd purchased their first four albums, but anthemic Houdini tracks like the title song, "Fire and Glass," and "Give a Little Bit" nevertheless showed a confident resumption of the gritty guitar work that had underpinned most of Stray's best efforts past. This reenergized sense of purpose within the group paid additional dividends in the shape of opener "Feel Like I've Been Here Before," which seemed to foreshadow the Police with its stark, persistent chorus; "Take It Easy," with its fluid Southern rock-flavored melodies; and the darkly funky "Percy the Pimp," which may or not have been a knockoff of Thin Lizzy's "Johnny the Fox (Meets Jimmy the Weed)." In light of all this high-quality stuff, a trio of workmanlike boogies ("Everybody's Song," "Didn't We Love," and "Gonna Have a Party") weren't enough to derail the band's momentum, and even the sore-thumb disco exercise of "Wait Another Day" felt more amusing than offensive in the end. All things considered, the balance of these efforts helped make Houdini the last Stray album to show some hope of a turnaround in their slowly diminishing career prospects; but that was simply not meant to be, unfortunately.

Tracklist:
01. Feel Like I've Been Here Before
02. Houdini
03. Wait Another Day
04. Fire And Glass
05. Everybody's Song
06. Take It Easy
07. Give A Little Bit
08. Didn't We Love
09. Gonna Have A Party
10. Percy The Pimp
11. Take It Easy (Single edit, Bonus track)
12. Paramount (Previously unreleased, Bonus track)

Total time: 48:54

EAC log

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EAC extraction logfile from 24. August 2010, 16:30

Stray / Houdini

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