Idle Race (album)

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Idle Race
Studio album by The Idle Race
Released	1969
Recorded	1969
Genre	rock music
Label	Liberty Records
Producer	Jeff Lynne
Professional reviews
All Music Guide
The Idle Race chronology
"The Birthday Party" (1968) "Idle Race" (1969) "Time Is" (1971)

Idle Race is the self-titled follow-up to the band's critically acclaimed debut LP, "The Birthday Party."

Released in November 1969, this record was the first to bear the famous Produced By Jeff Lynne tag. While the album was more straightforward and poppy than its predecessor, like the first Idle Race offering, it failed to crack the charts. Flustered, Jeff Lynne decided to accept Roy Wood's invitation to join fellow Brum band The Move.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Come With Me" - (Lynne) 2.45
2. "Sea Of Dreams" - (Lynne) 3.13
3. "Going Home" - (Lynne) 3.44
4. "Reminds Me Of You" - (Dave Pritchard) 2.54
5. "Mr. Crow and Sir Norman" - (Lynne) 3.17
6. "Please No More Sad Songs" - (Lynne) 3.20
7. "Girl At The Window" - (Lynne) 3.44
8. "Big Chief Woolley Bosher" - (Lynne) 5.15
9. "Someone Knocking" - (Dave Pritchard) 2.56
10. "A Better Life (The Weatherman Knows)" - (Lynne) 2.45
11. "Hurry Up John" - (Lynne) 3.33

[edit] Personnel

• Jeff Lynne - vocals, guitar, piano
• Dave Pritchard - guitar, vocals
• Greg Masters - bass guitar, vocals
• Roger Spencer - drums, vocals

v • d • e Jeff Lynne Solo Armchair Theatre With the The Idle Race The Birthday Party • Idle Race With The Move Looking On • Message From the Country With Electric Light Orchestra The Electric Light Orchestra • ELO 2 • On the Third Day • Eldorado, A Symphony • Face the Music • A New World Record • Out of the Blue • Discovery • Time • Secret Messages • Balance of Power • Zoom With the Traveling Wilburys Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 • Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3