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Be Bop 'n' Holla

1976 studio album by Andy Fairweather Low From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Be Bop 'n' Holla is the third solo album by the Welsh musician Andy Fairweather Low, released in 1976.[1][2] Low supported it with a UK tour.[3] Be Bop 'n' Holla was his final album for A&M Records; Low felt that A&M's signing of the Sex Pistols changed the music industry and marginalized his place in it.[4]

Released1976
GenresPop rock, light rock
LabelA&M
ProducerGlyn Johns
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Be Bop 'n' Holla
Studio album by
Andy Fairweather Low
Released1976
GenresPop rock, light rock
LabelA&M
ProducerGlyn Johns
Andy Fairweather Low chronology
La Booga Rooga
(1975)		 Be Bop 'n' Holla
(1976)		 Mega Shebang
(1980)
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Production

The album was produced and engineered by Glyn Johns.[3] B. J. Cole contributed on pedal steel.[5] Georgie Fame played piano on "Rhythm 'n' Jazz".[6] "Rocky Raccoon" is a cover of the Paul McCartney song.[7] "Travellin' Light" was written by Cliff Richard.[8] The lyrics of "Hot Poop" are a recitation of its chord changes.[9]

Critical reception

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SourceRating
AllMusicStarStar[9]
Robert ChristgauA[10]
The Clydebank Press3/5[11]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStar[12]
Norwich MercuryStarStarStarStarStar[13]
Rolling StoneStarStarStar[14]
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The Clydebank Press called Low "one of the most underrated in the business."[11] The Burton Daily Mail deemed the album "a sort of semi-funky sometimes dreamy beat with Andy's very distinctive vocals."[15] Rolling Stone praised the "light rock-pop" and Low's "kinky sense of humor".[14] The Norwich Mercury admired the "magnificent finale" of the title track.[13]

The San Francisco Chronicle stated that Low "is a gentle musical prankster, whose light but likeable tunes are wrapped in shimmering sounds".[16] Robert Christgau wrote that Be Bop 'n' Holla is "a tuneful, sexy album, and oh so frivolous—'Lighten Up' sounds like a theme song."[10] The Daily Herald-Telephone opined that it "sort of sounds like the ghost of Paul McCartney visiting the remnants of NRBQ."[17]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Shimmie-Doo-Wah-Sae"
  2. "Ain't No Fun Anymore"
  3. "Da Doo Rendezvous"
  4. "Hot Poop"
  5. "Travellin' Light"
  6. "Rocky Raccoon"

Side two

  1. "Lighten Up"
  2. "I Can't Take Much More"
  3. "Rhythm 'n' Jazz"
  4. "Checking Out the Checker"
  5. "Be Bop 'n' Holla"

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