| Flat as a Pancake | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Head East |
| Cover: | Flat-as-a-pancake.jpg |
| Released: | 1975 |
| Recorded: | 1974 |
| Studio: | Golden Voice (South Pekin, Illinois) |
| Genre: | Hard rock |
| Label: | Pyramid (initial release), A&M Records (reissue) |
| Producer: | Roger Boyd |
| Next Title: | Get Yourself Up |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
Flat as a Pancake is the debut studio album by American rock band Head East. The album was originally released independently by Pyramid Records. However, when radio stations began to play the song "Never Been Any Reason", A&M Records signed the band and re-released the album in June 1975.[1] The album was certified gold on September 19, 1978, by the RIAA and is their only certified album.[2] The album, which was recorded at the Golden Voice Studios in South Pekin, Illinois, is their most successful.
The diner photographed on the back cover of the A&M reissue is the Rite-Way Diner, still in operation (now as the Olivette Diner) at 9638 Olive Blvd, Olivette, Missouri.[3]
The album went to #126 on Billboards Pop Album Chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAA on September 19, 1978, selling over 500,000 copies.
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | "Never Been Any Reason" | Hot 100 | 68 |
| "Love Me Tonight" | 54 | ||
| "City of Gold" | – |