Back Up Against the Wall
| Back Up Against The Wall | ||||
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| File:Atlanta Rhythm Section - Back Up Against the Wall.jpg | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 1973 | |||
| Recorded | Studio One, Doraville, Georgia | |||
| Genre | Southern rock | |||
| Length | 36:31 | |||
| Label | Decca Records | |||
| Producer | Buddy Buie | |||
| Atlanta Rhythm Section chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+[2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
Back Up Against the Wall is the second album by the Southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1973. It is the first album to feature Ronnie Hammond on lead vocals and J. R. Cobb as secondary guitarist (Cobb had also wrote a few songs for the bands previous album before he became a member).[3][4][5][6][7] The album was re-released in 1977 on MCA Records as a double, paired with their debut (MCA-24114).
Track listing
[edit | edit source]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Wrong" | Buie, Cobb | 2:44 |
| 2. | "Cold Turkey, Tenn." | Nix | 3:18 |
| 3. | "Will I Live On?" | Daughtry, Nix | 2:52 |
| 4. | "A Livin' Lovin' Wreck" | Otis Blackwell | 3:08 |
| 5. | "Superman" | Randall Bramblett | 3:26 |
| 6. | "What You Gonna Do About It?" | Buie, Hammond | 3:00 |
| 7. | "Conversation" | Buie, Cobb | 3:29 |
| 8. | "Redneck" | Joe South | 3:50 |
| 9. | "Make Me Believe It" | Buie, Hammond, Nix | 3:14 |
| 10. | "Back Up Against the Wall" | Buie, Cobb | 3:23 |
| 11. | "It Must Be Love" | Cobb, Daughtry, Nix | 4:07 |
Personnel
[edit | edit source]Atlanta Rhythm Section
- Ronnie Hammond - vocals, piano
- Barry Bailey - acoustic and electric guitar
- J.R. Cobb - acoustic, electric, steel and slide guitars, vocals
- Dean Daughtry - acoustic and electric piano, organ
- Paul Goddard - bass
- Robert Nix - drums, vocals
Additional players
- Randall Bramblett - piano
- Al Kooper - synthesizers (including ARP)
- Billy Lee Riley - harmonica
Production
[edit | edit source]- Producer: Buddy Buie
- Engineers: Bobby Langford, Rodney Mills
- Mixing: Rodney Mills
- Arranger: Buddy Buie
- Cover design: Mike McCarty
- Illustrations: Mike McCarty
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