Monday, 12 September 2022

Badfinger - Badfinger [Japan Edition] (1974)

Year: February 1974 (CD Jul 25, 1991)
Label: Warner Bros. Records (Japan), WPCP-4081
Style: Rock, Power Pop
Country: Swansea, Wales
Time: 40:06
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 231 Mb

The cover art for the album shows a woman wearing a riding outfit and hat from the 1920s and smoking a cigarette in a cigarette holder.
Originally planned for release on 28 December 1973, the album was delayed due to Ass being issued that month. Although the album is technically untitled, it is referred to as Badfinger as this is its only identification outside its matrix number. The intended title, For Love or Money, was rejected by the label at the time of production and was never used. The intended title referred to Badfinger's label change from Apple to Warner Bros.
On release, Badfinger received an unfavourable review in Rolling Stone magazine. A British single released after the album, "Love Is Easy", failed to chart. A subsequent single issued in the US, "I Miss You", also failed.
In the United States, the album peaked at number 161 on Billboard's Top 200 LPs & Tape listings, making it Badfinger's lowest-charting album there. Part of the reason for the poor commercial performance was that, due to litigation with Apple, this album and Ass came out within months of each other; in fact, in the UK, Badfinger actually preceded Ass.
The album was re-released on CD format in the 1990s in Japan and Germany only. The album was eventually issued on CD in the United States in 2007. Many tracks from this album have subsequently been released on various Badfinger compilation records and CDs.
The album cover was designed by John Kosh.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badfinger_(album))

01. I Miss You (02:35)
02. Shine On (02:52)
03. Love Is Easy (03:08)
04. Song For A Lost Friend (02:52)
05. Why Don't We Talk? (03:45)
06. Island (03:40)
07. Matted Spam (03:09)
08. Where Do We Go From Here (03:24)
09. My Heart Goes Out (03:16)
10. Lonely You (03:47)
11. Give It Up (04:33)
12. Andy Norris (02:59)

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