BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE - NOT FRAGILE - Vinyl LP - Mercury - 1974 - VG (687)
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BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE - NOT FRAGILE - Vinyl record - HHR00687 VG
This album is by Bachman–Turner Overdrive, or BTO, the Canadian rock band founded by three brothers: Randy, Robin & Tim Bachman; along with Fred Turner, in 1973. Their 1970s catalogue included seven top-40 albums (five in the US) and 11 top-40 singles in Canada (six in the US). In Canada they have six certified platinum albums and one certified gold album; in the US they have five certified gold albums and one certified platinum album. The band has sold nearly 30 million albums worldwide and has fans affectionately known as "gearheads”. The band released four albums between 1974 and 1977, including two that reached the top 5 in the U.S. pop charts, as well as the band's only U.S. No. 1 single ("You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"). Subsequent line-ups enjoyed only moderate success.
Not Fragile is their third studio album, released in 1974. It proved to be the group's most popular studio album, and reached No. 1 on the US Billboard 200. Roll On Down the Highway and You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet were hit singles, with the latter hitting No. 1 on the Canadian and US singles charts in November 1974 and receiving GOLD certification. Other cuts had significant airplay on FM rock radio. The album produced the only BTO singles to chart in the United Kingdom. "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" hit No. 2 on the UK charts in November 1974, and "Roll On Down the Highway" hit the No. 22 position in January 1975. "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" was a leftover track that was not originally intended to be included on Not Fragile. It was only after Charlie Fach of Mercury Records heard the other eight tracks, and did not see hit single potential in any of them, that he asked if the band had anything else he could hear. They played him the leftover track and he assured them it was more radio-friendly than any of the others, convincing the band to add it to the album. Not Fragile has gone on to achieve triple platinum status. Randy Bachman has called it the band's "crowning achievement," stating: "Not Fragile was when it all came together for us. We captured the album-oriented rock audience as well as the singles audience with that album. Not Fragile made BTO recognized around the world.
Track Listing.
A1. Not Fragile
A2.Rock Is My Life, and This Is My Song
A3. Roll on Down the Highway
A4. You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
A5. Free Whellin’
B1. Sledgehammer
B2. Blue Moanin’
B3. Second Hand
B4. Givin’ It All Away
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