Fat Mattress II
1970 studio album by Fat Mattress
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Fat Mattress II is the second and final studio album by English rock band Fat Mattress, released in 1970.
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| Released | 1970 | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
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| Length | 40:34 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Fat Mattress | |||
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Reception
Compared with the band's debut self-titled album, Fat Mattress II was a commercial failure, not appearing in any major record charts. The album was described, in a review for music website AllMusic, by critic Richie Unterberger as "similar to, but also inferior to, their debut." Unterberger went on to suggest that "The songs aren't even up to the debut's modest standard, however, and the lingering feeling is that of a tolerable but fairly anonymous '60s-turning-into-'70s band with a Transatlantic feel."[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Storm" | Neil Landon, Jimmy Leverton | 4:13 |
| 2. | "Anyway You Want" | Landon, Leverton[2] | 3:47 |
| 3. | "Leafy Lane" | Landon, Leverton | 2:50 |
| 4. | "Naturally" | Landon, Leverton | 3:03 |
| 5. | "Roamin'" | Landon, Leverton | 4:25 |
| 6. | "Happy My Love" | Landon, Leverton | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Childhood Dream" | Landon, Leverton | 3:20 |
| 8. | "She" | Landon | 2:36 |
| 9. | "Highway" | Landon, Noel Redding | 4:24 |
| 10. | "At the Ball" | Landon, Redding | 4:13 |
| 11. | "People" | Landon, Redding | 4:00 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hall of Kings" | Landon | 5:32 |
| 2. | "Long Red" | West, Pappalardi, Landsberg, Ventura | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Words" | Landon, Leverton | 4:12 |
| 4. | "The River" | Landon, Leverton | 17:09 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Margarita" | Landon, Leverton | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Cold Wall of Stone" | Landon, Leverton, Jacobs | 2:36 |
| 3. | "Long Red" | West, Pappalardi, Landsberg, Ventura | 4:21 |
| 4. | "Words" | Landon, Leverton | 4:12 |
| 5. | "The River" | Landon, Leverton | 17:09 |
| 6. | "Future Days" | Leverton | 4:02 |
Personnel
- Fat Mattress
- Neil Landon – vocals, production
- Jimmy Leverton – bass, vocals, production
- Eric Dillon – drums, production
- Steve Hammond – guitar, production
- Mick Weaver – keyboards, production
- Additional personnel
- Noel Redding – guitar & vocals on tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, & 11
- George Chkiantz – engineering
- Roger Wilkinson – engineering on "The Storm" and "Highway"
- Gered Mankowitz – photography