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Artist | Geordie
Title | Don't Be Fooled By The Name
Genre | Rock Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 45:23
Label | 7T's Records Store | 2008
Catalog | GLAM CD 48 Rip | 2015
Bitrate | 258 kbps Size | 88.74 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Goin' Down 3:35
02. House Of The Rising Sun 5:00
03. So What 4:13
04. Mercenary Man 6:14
05. Ten Feet Tall 6:44
06. Got To Know 3:25
07. Little Boy 4:42
08. Look At Me 5:01
09. I Can't Forget You Now (Bonus Track) 3:34
10. I Can't Give You up (Bonus Track) 2:55
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A hard rock band from Newcastle, England, Geordie is mostly known for their
lead vocalist, Brian Johnson, who would later join AC/DC. In 1972 and 1973,
they had a few hits in the UK, including the number six single "All Because
Of You" and "Can You Do It", which reached number 13. Their sound was
influenced by British rock bands of the day such as Led Zeppelin, as well
as some glam stompers, with Johnson's distinctively abrasive singing
strongly in evidence.
Geordie's second album, 1974's "Don't Be Fooled By The Name", was a bit of
a letdown after their debut, which merged the swagger of hard rock with the
tuneful bombast of blue-collar glam acts typified by Slade. In some
respects, "Don't Be Fooled" suggests Geordie were aiming for something a
bit more mature and adventurous than they achieved on their debut, and they
didn't entirely fail - they reveal a tough, bluesy side on their cover of
"House Of The Rising Sun", a number that suits Brian Johnson's
industrial-strength pipes, and the "St. James Infirmary" lift in opening
cut "Goin' Down" leans toward the same direction. "Mercenary Man" boasts an
undercurrent of sociopolitical commentary that wasn't normally the band's
stock in trade, and "Ten Feet Tall"'s dynamics and guitar work (the latter
courtesy of group leader Vic Malcolm) suggests Geordie had been studying
their early Led Zeppelin albums.
But even though this is a smarter and more ambitious album than the group's
debut, "Don't Be Fooled By The Name" isn't necessarily better; the songs
don't often give Johnson the chance to reveal the full power of his voice,
the production (by Ellis Elias and Roberto Danova) is often too slick and
gimmicky to make the most of the band's energy, and overall this just
doesn't rock with the same passion as Geordie's first record. The best
moments on "Don't Be Fooled" are impressive, and there are too many good
things here for the album to fall into the "Sophomore Slump" file, but the
truth is the band made a better record before, and would make better
records again.
Sure to appeal to AC/DC fans as well as Glam Rock collectors, here's
Geordie's original 1974 release "Don't Be Fooled By The Name", reissued
courtesy of Cherry Red Records featuring two rare bonus tracks.
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