Thursday, 23 January 2025

Wishbone Ash - There's The Rub [Japan Ed.] (1974)

Year: November 1974 (CD September 21, 2002)
Label: MCA Records (Japan), UICY-2386
Style: Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Rock
Country: Torquay, Devon, England
Time: 39:02
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 257 Mb

Charts: US #88, UK #16, GE #43, AUS #67, CAN #100. UK: Silver.
There's the Rub is the fifth studio album by rock band Wishbone Ash. It is the first album to feature guitarist-vocalist Laurie Wisefield, who would be a major part of the band's creative direction for the next 11 years. It also marked a change in sound. It was the band's first album to be recorded in America and was produced by producer Bill Szymczyk. Although the trademark twin guitars were still evident, the album had a more "American" feel with a smoother production sound. Nevertheless, after the disappointing critical response to the previous studio album, Wishbone Four, reviews for There's The Rub were much more positive.
The title is taken from Shakespeare's Hamlet; "To sleep—perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub."
The track "F.U.B.B." caused controversy upon the album's release because of the acronym's meaning ("Fucked Up Beyond Belief"). Moreover, the haunting ballad "Persephone" would go on to become one of the band's most popular live songs. The lyric of "Lady Jay" is based on the Dartmoor folk legend about Kitty Jay.
The cover art designed by Hipgnosis shows a cricketer rubbing (in effect, polishing) a cricket ball on his trousers, leaving a mark - a common practice by fast bowlers who do so to make one side of the leather ball shinier than the other. This helps the ball to swing as it travels through the air after being bowled, so making it harder for the batsman to play it.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_the_Rub)

01. Silver Shoes (06:39)
02. Don't Come Back (05:10)
03. Persephone (06:58)
04. Hometown (04:48)
05. Lady Jay (05:56)
06. F.U.B.B. (09:28)

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