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Piledriver
is the fifth
studio album
by the British
rock band
released in 1972.
It was the first to be
produced by
the group themselves,
and their first
on the Vertigo label.
It peaked at number five
in the UK
and included
several favorites
that would be
featured frequently
in live concerts.
Background
The album was the first
the group recorded
after they had switched labels
from Pye to Vertigo.
When recording for Pye,
the studio staff had complained
about the volume
as it would overload
the input levels
on the recording desk
and distort,
but for
Piledriver,
they could bring their
touring gear into
IBC Studio and record
live at stage levels,
giving them a
much stronger sound.
Songs
The opening song,
"Don't Waste My Time"
was written by
Francis Rossi and Bob Young
in the soon-to-be
trademark shuffle style
the group would
become famous for.
The lyrics complain
about a girl not being serious
about a relationship
and messing around.
The song became
a live favorite,
and frequently got
audiences bouncing
around at gigs.
"Paper Plane"
was written by
Rossi and Young;
the lyrics included a
reference to the
Mercedes-Benz 600
used by the band,
which they called a
"three grand Deutsche car".
It was the album's only single,
with the B-side
"Softer Ride"
(written by Rick Parfitt and Alan Lancaster),
which was to become
the first in a sequence of
thirty-three Top 40 hits
on the UK Singles Chart
when it peaked at #8
after its release in
November 1972.
The B-side would later be
incorporated into the band's
following album,
Hello!,
released the
following year.
The group heard the Doors'
"Roadhouse Blues"
while touring
Bielefeld, Germany, in 1970,
and enjoyed its
12-bar shuffle,
using it as a template
for other songs.
The group's arrangement
was longer
than the original,
featuring another verse
and three-part
harmony vocals
TRACKLIST
CD 1
Don't Waste My Time
Oh Baby
A Year
Unspoken Words
Big Fat Mama
Paper Plane
All The Reasons
Roadhouse Blues
Pictures of Matchstick Men
(Mono Version) [*]
Roll Over Lay Down
(Remix) [*]
Whatever You Want
(Remix) [*]
CD 2
Oh Baby
(BBC 'sounds Of The Seventies', London & 1972)
Unspoken Words
(BBC 'sounds Of The Seventies', London & 1972)
Paper Plane
(BBC 'sounds Of The Seventies', London & 1972)
Softer Ride
(BBC 'sounds Of The Seventies', London & 1972)
Paper Plane
(John Peel BBC Session, London & 1973)
Don't Waste My Time
(John Peel BBC Session, London & 1973)
Junior's Wailing
(BBC In Concert & Paris Theatre, London & 1973)
Someone's Learning
(BBC In Concert & Paris Theatre, London & 1973)
In My Chair
(BBC In Concert & Paris Theatre, London & 1973)
Railroad
(BBC In Concert & Paris Theatre, London & 1973)
Don't Waste My Time
(BBC In Concert & Paris Theatre, London & 1973)
Paper Plane
(BBC In Concert & Paris Theatre, London & 1973)
Roadhouse Blues
(BBC In Concert & Paris Theatre, London & 1973)
Bye Bye Johnny
(BBC In Concert & Paris Theatre, London & 1973)
Spinning Wheel Blues [*]
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