Tasty (The Shadows album)

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Tasty
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1977 (1977-08)
RecordedApril, May and August 1974 and March and April 1977
GenreRock
Length40:07
LabelColumbia (EMI)
ProducerThe Shadows
The Shadows chronology
Specs Appeal
(1975)
Tasty
(1977)
String of Hits
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Tasty is the eleventh rock album by British instrumental (and sometimes vocal) group The Shadows, released in 1977 through Columbia (EMI).

Track listing[edit]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cricket Bat Boogie"Brian Bennett, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch02:56
2."Return to the Alamo" (Orchestra arranged and conducted by Norrie Paramor)Bennett, Marvin, Welch04:04
3."Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"Elton John, Bernie Taupin03:08
4."Another Night"Bennett, Marvin, Alan Tarney, Welch03:25
5."Honky Tonk Women"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards02:57
6."Montezuma's Revenge"Bennett, Marvin, Welch04:05
Total length:20:35
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Walk, Don't Run"Johnny Smith02:51
2."Superstar"Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell04:12
3."Bermuda Triangle"Bennett, Marvin, Welch05:14
4."The Most Beautiful Girl"Rory Bourke, Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson02:45
5."Creole Nights"Bennett, Marvin, Welch04:30
Total length:19:32

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Personnel[edit]

  • Hank Marvin – Electric and acoustic guitars
  • Bruce Welch – Electric and acoustic guitars
  • John Farrar – Electric and acoustic guitars (side one, tracks 3 and 5, side two tracks 2 and 4)
  • Brian Bennett – Drums, percussion and piano

With

  • Dave Richmond – Bass guitar (side one, tracks 3 and 5, side two tracks 2 and 4)
  • Alan Tarney – Bass guitar (side one, tracks 1, 2, 4 and 6, side two tracks 1, 3 and 5)
  • Norrie Paramor – Orchestral accompaniment on "Return to the Alamo"
  • Tony Clark and Dick Plant – Engineers
  • Recorded at – Abbey Road Studios, London / Music Centre, Wembley
  • Back Cover Photograph – Gered Mankowitz
  • Design and Artwork – Cream

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Thompson, Dave. Tasty at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 June 2011.