Fat Mattress II explained

Fat Mattress II
Type:	studio
Artist:	Fat Mattress
Cover:	Fat-mattress-2-album-cover.jpg
Genre:	Folk rock psychedelic rock progressive rock art rock
Length:	40:34
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Fat Mattress
Prev Title:	Fat Mattress
Prev Year:	1969
Next Year:	2000

Fat Mattress II is the second and final studio album by English rock band Fat Mattress, released in 1970.

Reception

Compared with the band's debut self-titled album, Fat Mattress II was a commercial failure, not appearing in any major record charts. The album was described, in a review for music website allmusic, by critic Richie Unterberger as "similar to, but also inferior to, their debut." Unterberger went on to suggest that "The songs aren't even up to the debut's modest standard, however, and the lingering feeling is that of a tolerable but fairly anonymous '60s-turning-into-'70s band with a Transatlantic feel."^[1]

Personnel

Fat Mattress

• Neil Landon – vocals, production
• Jimmy Leverton – bass, vocals, production
• Eric Dillon – drums, production
• Steve Hammond – guitar, production
• Mick Weaver – keyboards, production

Additional personnel

• Noel Redding – guitar & vocals on tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, & 11
• George Chkiantz – engineering
• Roger Wilkinson – engineering on "The Storm" and "Highway"
• Gered Mankowitz – photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Ref.
United Kingdom	1970	Polydor	LP	2383 025	^[2]
Germany
United States	1970	Atco	LP	SD 33-347	^[3]
United Kingdom	1992	Sequel	CD	NEXCD197	^[4]
United Kingdom	29 June 2009	Esoteric	CD	2135	^[5] ^[6]

References

General

• Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r37337|pure_url=yes}} Fat Mattress 2 > Credits ]. . 1 July 2009 .
• Web site: Fat Mattress – Fat Mattress II (LP, Album) . 1970 . . 1 July 2009 .

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r37337|pure_url=yes}} Fat Mattress 2 - Review ]. Unterberger . Richie . . 1 July 2009 .
2. Web site: Fat Mattress II by Fat Mattress . Rate Your Music . 1 July 2009 .
3. Web site: Fat Mattress II by Fat Mattress . Rate Your Music . 1 July 2009 .
4. Web site: Fat Mattress II by Fat Mattress . Rate Your Music . 1 July 2009 .
5. Web site: Fat Mattress . . 28 November 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101121190641/http://cherryred.co.uk/esoteric/artists/fatmattress.php . 21 November 2010 . dmy-all .
6. Web site: Fat Mattress II – Expanded Edition by Fat Mattress . Rate Your Music . 1 July 2009 .