I'M DRINKIN'
T.N.T.
I'M SMOKIN' DYNAMITE
I HOPE SOME SCREWBALL
START A FIGHT
'CAUSE I'M READY
READY AS ANYONE CAN BE
Humble Pie
is the third studio album
by English rock band
Released in 1970,
it was their first album
with A&M Records.
Background
This was their first release
under the auspices of
new American manager
Dee Anthony
who had pushed for a
louder, tighter sound
both live
and in the studio
and for their new label,
A&M Records.
At the end of 1969,
Humble Pie's old label,
Immediate,
owned by
Andrew Loog Oldham,
had gone bankrupt
a saga chronicled by
Marriott on the satirical ballad
"Theme from Skint (See You Later Liquidator)".
Music and packaging
Humble Pie
was a transitional album
and a harbinger
of the band's new,
heavier direction.
The material was darker
than their previous
two efforts,
with striking contrasts
in volume and style
Peter Frampton's gentle
"Earth and Water Song"
is buttressed between
two of the heaviest tracks
on the record,
the band-composed
"One Eyed Trouser Snake Rumba",
and a cover of
Willie Dixon's
"I'm Ready".
Drummer
Jerry Shirley
contributed a rare
lead vocal on his song
"Only a Roach",
a country-twinged ode
to cannabis
that also appeared as
the B-side of the
summer 1970 single
"Big Black Dog".
Humble Pie
is often referred
to by fans as
the Beardsley Album
as the main feature
of the cover artwork is
The Stomach Dance,
a 1893–94 drawing
by English illustrator-author
Aubrey Beardsley,
who is known for his
Japanese woodblock
influenced grotesque,
decadent,
and erotic illustrations
TRACKLIST
Only A Roach
One-Eyed Trouser-Snake Rumba
Earth And Water Song
I'm Ready
Theme From Skint
(See You Later Liquidator)
Red Light Mamma, Red Hot!
Sucking On The Sweet Vine
Black Coffee [*]
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