Street Action

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Street Action
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Street Action.jpg
Studio album by
Bachman–Turner Overdrive
ReleasedFebruary 1978
StudioAt Can-Base Studios,
GenreRock, hard rock
Length40:00
LabelMercury[1]
ProducerBTO
Bachman–Turner Overdrive chronology
Freeways
(1977) 		Street Action
(1978) 		Rock n' Roll Nights
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2/5 stars[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music1/5 stars[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide1/5 stars[4]

Street Action is a studio album by Canadian rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO), released in 1978.[5] It was the first BTO album released after the 1977 departure of co-founder Randy Bachman; the band replaced him with bassist/vocalist Jim Clench.[3] Fred Turner, who played bass on all previous BTO releases, moved to rhythm guitar, and he shared lead vocal duties with Clench. Street Action had a distinctively heavier sound than the previous two BTO studio albums (Head On and Freeways).

The album was reissued in 2016 as part of the Bachman-Turner Overdrive Classic Albums Box Set.

Production[]

The album was recorded at Mushroom Studios.[6]

Critical reception[]

Rolling Stone wrote that "C.F. Turner suffers from Bachman’s ailment of being unable to sing a cliché with enough conviction to make you forget it’s a cliché."[7]

Track listing[]

(All songs by Clench, Thornton, Turner and Robbie Bachman)

  1. "I'm in Love" – 3:52 (lead vocal: C.F. Turner)
  2. "Down the Road" – 4:03 (lead vocal: Jim Clench)
  3. "Takes a Lot of People" – 4:06 (lead vocal: Turner)
  4. "A Long Time for a Little While" – 3:52 (lead vocal: Clench)
  5. "Street Action" – 4:16 (lead vocal: Turner)
  6. "For Love" – 4:39 (lead vocal: Turner)
  7. "Madison Avenue" – 6:01 (lead vocal: Turner)
  8. "You're Gonna Miss Me" – 4:07 (lead vocal: Clench)
  9. "The World Is Waiting for a Love Song" – 5:04 (lead vocal: Turner)

Personnel[]

with:

  • John Hall - piano on "I'm In Love"
  • Tom Keenlyside - saxophone on "Madison Avenue"

Production[]

  • Engineer: Rolf Henneman
  • Assistant engineer: Jeff Tolman
  • Art direction: James OMara
  • Photography: James OMara

Charts[]

Album

Year Chart Position
1978 Pop Albums 130[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin – via Google Books.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 1: MUZE. p. 348.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 29.
  5. ^ "Bachman-Turner Overdrive | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ "West's Labels, Studios". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 27, 1979 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Young, Charles M. (June 1, 1978). "Street Action".
  8. ^ Joel Whitburn's top pop albums, 1955-2001. Record Research. 2001. p. 40.
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