Frooty Rooties

Frooty Rooties is the second solo album of Eric Stewart released in 1982.

Frooty Rooties
Studio album by Eric Stewart
Released	1982
Genre	Rock
Length	40:57
Label	Phonogram, Mercury
Producer	Eric Stewart
Eric Stewart chronology
Girls (1980) Frooty Rooties (1982) Do Not Bend (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Like Stewart's previous album Girls, Frooty Rooties featured most of the musicians from 10cc lineup. The song "Make the Pieces Fit" was also featured on the previous album.

The vocal effects on "The Ritual" were created by the first AMS delay line, a repeat echo unit that revolutionised "Double Track" Vocals in the 1970s and the chorusing/flanging was achieved by modulating the effect the repeat of the vocal ever so slightly so that it moves around the stereo.[2]

There were no singles released from the album and it failed to chart in the U.K.

Track listing

All tracks written by Eric Stewart

1. "The Ritual" - 10:42
   • Part one: Progress de la Rake
   • Part two: Euphoria
   • Part three: The Rake's Progress / A Dog with Four Trees
2. "Make the Pieces Fit" - 4:20
3. "Never Say I Told You" - 4:22
4. "Night and Day" - 2:32
5. "All My Loving Following" - 3:49
6. "Rockin My Troubles Away" - 3:04
7. "Doris the Florist (The Bouquet That Nobody Caught)" - 4:13
8. "Guitaaaaaaaaaaargh's (Rooties)" - 4:10
9. "Strictly Business" - 4:28

Personnel

• Eric Stewart - Lead vocals, Backing vocals, Guitars, Bass, Vocoder choirs, Organ, Piano, Percussion, Rhodes, Moog bass, Bass drum, Shaker, Vocoder strings, Grand piano, Harmonium
• Paul Burgess - Drums, Congas, Percussion
• Rick Fenn - Lead guitar on "Make the Pieces Fit"
• Graham Gouldman - Acoustic guitar and autoharp "Make the Pieces Fit"
• Vic Emerson - Grand piano on "Night and Day" and "Strictly Business"
• Lenni Crooks - Saxophone solo on "Night and Day" and "All My Loving Following You", Brass on "Rockin My Troubles Away"

References

1. Allmusic review