Road Food Explained

Road Food
Type:studio
Artist:The Guess Who
Cover:Road_Food_by_The_Guess_Who.jpg
Released:April 1974
Recorded:1973–1974
Studio:RCA's Studio A in Hollywood, California and the Sound Stage, Toronto
Genre:Rock
Label:RCA Victor
Producer:Jack Richardson
Prev Title:The Best of The Guess Who Volume II
Prev Year:1973
Next Title:Flavours
Next Year:1974

Road Food is the twelfth studio album by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who, originally released in 1974 by RCA Records. It was the last album by the group to feature guitarists Kurt Winter and Donnie McDougall.

Release history

In addition to the usual 2-channel stereo version, RCA also issued the album in a 4-channel quadraphonic version on both LP and 8-track tape. The quad LP version was released using the Quadradisc system.

On the first RCA CD reissue, the two sides of the original LP were reversed, thus the album begins with side 2 and "Clap for the Wolfman", rather than side 1 and "Star Baby".

In 2012, the album was reissued on CD by RCA/Iconolassic with 2 bonus tracks.

In 2018, the album was reissued again in the UK by Dutton Vocalion on the Super Audio CD format. This disc is a 2 albums on 1 disc compilation which also contains the 1973 album

  1. 10
. The Dutton Vocalion release contains the complete stereo and quadraphonic versions of both albums.

Track listing

All songs written by Burton Cummings except noted.

Side one
  1. "Star Baby" – 2:38
  2. "Attila's Blues" (The Guess Who) – 4:54
  3. "Straighten Out" (Cummings, Wallace) – 2:22
  4. "Don't You Want Me" – 2:20
  5. "One Way Road to Hell" (Cummings, Wallace) – 5:26
Side two
  1. "Clap for the Wolfman" (Cummings, Wallace, Winter) – 4:15
  2. "Pleasin' for Reason" (McDougall, Cummings) – 3:17
  3. "Road Food" (Wallace, Cummings) – 3:39
  4. "Ballad of the Last Five Years" – 7:15
2012 Iconoclassic Remaster Bonus Tracks:
  1. "Sona Sona" (sans 1988 overdubs)
  2. "One Way Road to Hell" (run through) (Cummings, Wallace)

Personnel

The Guess Who
Additional personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.discogs.com/Guess-Who-Road-Food/release/2070658 The Guess Who, Road Food Credits
  2. 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. 130.