Road (album)

Road
Studio album by Road
Released	1972
Recorded	March 1972
Studio	Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Hard rock, psychedelic rock[1][2]
Length	39:44
Label	Natural Resources, Rare Earth
Producer	Road, Tom Wilson, Murray Roman (exec.)

Road is the debut self-titled studio album by American hard rock group Road. Released in 1972, it was the only album to be released by the band, who split up the same year. The song "My Friends" was originally recorded by bassist Noel Redding's previous band, Fat Mattress, but went unreleased at the time, making the Road version the first published recording of the song. (The Fat Mattress version has since appeared on the complete works package The Black Sheep of the Family: The Anthology, on which it is incorrectly listed as "Little Girl in White".)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
allmusic	[3]

In a review for allmusic, critic Sean Westergaard criticised the performances of each musician, as well as the songwriting and production quality, and summarized the album as "little more than warmed-up post-Hendrix hard rock, heavy on the wah pedal."[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocalist	Length
1.	"I'm Trying"	Rod Richards	Richards	6:33
2.	"I'm Going Down to the Country"	Noel Redding	Redding	2:42
3.	"Mushroom Man"	Richards, Leslie Sampson	Sampson	4:08
4.	"Man Dressed in Red"	Redding	Redding	7:00
5.	"Spaceship Earth"	Richards	Richards	3:28
6.	"My Friends"	Redding	Redding	6:17
7.	"Road"	Richards	Richards	9:29

Personnel

Road

Noel Redding – bass, vocals, production
Rod Richards – guitar, vocals, artwork, production
Leslie Sampson – drums, vocals, percussion, production

Additional personnel

Murray Roman – executive production
Tom Wilson – production
Bob Hughes – engineering
Doug Graves – engineering assistance
Rod Dyer – graphic design
Ron Raffaelli – photography

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References

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[1] ttp://www.allmusic.com/album/road-mw0000454363

[2] ttps://www.discogs.com/Road-Road-Featuring-Noel-Redding/master/333637

[allmusic-3] Road at AllMusic