Move It On Over (album) explained

Move It On Over
Type:studio
Artist:George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Cover:MoveItonOver.jpg
Released:November 1978
Recorded:1978
Studio:Dimension Sound Studios, Boston, MA
Genre:
Length:38:07
Label:Rounder
Producer:George Thorogood, Ken Irwin, John Nagy
Prev Title:George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Better Than the Rest
Next Year:1979

Move It On Over is the second studio album by American blues rock band George Thorogood and the Destroyers, released by Rounder Records in November 1978. Move It On Over peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Release and content

Rounder Records released Move It On Over in November 1978. The album eventually sold more than 600,000 copies, making it one of the Destroyer's best selling albums.

The album contains all cover material. Its title track, Hank Williams' "Move It On Over", received major FM radio airplay when released, as did the Bo Diddley cover, "Who Do You Love?".

Critical reception

Move It On Over received positive reviews from critics. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine says "Gold records and radio hits came later, but this is the album where everything fell into place for George Thorogood; it's the record that defined what came afterward, and it remains one of his best."[1] Robert Christgau writes that "It's impossible not to be charmed by Thorogood's enthusiasm, and instrumentally this band is as likable as, say, Hound Dog Taylor's HouseRockers."[2]

Track listing

Original release

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart (1978/79)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 51
Canada (RPM Magazine)[4] (3 weeks)29
United States (Billboard 200)33

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erlewine . Stephen Thomas . Move It on Over Review . AllMusic.
  2. Web site: Christgau . Robert . George Thorogood and the Destroyers: Move It on Over (Rounder, 1978) .
  3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 309.
  4. Web site: RPM Top 100 Albums - April 28, 1979.