So Long, Bannatyne

So Long, Bannatyne
Studio album by The Guess Who
Released July 1971
Genre Rock
Label RCA
Producer Jack Richardson
The Guess Who chronology
Share the Land
(1970)		 So Long, Bannatyne
(1971)		 Rockin'
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

So Long, Bannatyne is an album released in 1971 by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who.

Contents

Story

The album covers and the title track illustrate a transition in band member Kurt Winter's life.

Bannatyne Avenue is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the home city of The Guess Who. The front of the album cover for the vinyl LP has the words "So Long, Bannatyne" above a red Chevy with a Manitoba license plate. In the background there is a building labeled "Bannatyne Apartments". On the back of the album cover is the red Chevy again, but in a residential neighbourhood. The song lyrics include the line:

So long Bannatyne, hello my Chevrier home.

Track listing

All songs written Burton Cummings and Kurt Winter except noted.

Vinyl

Side 1

  1. "Rain Dance" - 2:45
  2. "She Might Have Been a Nice Girl" (Cummings) - 3:13
  3. "Goin' a Little Crazy" - 6:59
  4. "Fiddlin'" - 1:06
  5. "Pain Train" - 3:45
  6. "One Divided" (Greg Leskiw) - 2:38

Side 2

  1. "Grey Day" (Leskiw) - 4:16
  2. "Life in the Bloodstream" (Cummings) - 3:10
  3. "One Man Army" - 3:55
  4. "Sour Suite" (Cummings) - 4:08
  5. "So Long, Bannatyne" - 5:55

CD

  1. "Rain Dance" - 2:45
  2. "She Might Have Been a Nice Girl" (Cummings) - 3:13
  3. "Goin' a Little Crazy" - 6:59
  4. "Fiddlin'" - 1:06
  5. "Pain Train" - 3:45
  6. "One Divided" (Greg Leskiw) - 2:38
  7. "Grey Day" (Leskiw) - 4:16
  8. "Life in the Bloodstream" (Cummings) - 3:10
  9. "One Man Army" - 3:55
  10. "Sour Suite" (Cummings) - 4:08
  11. "So Long, Bannatyne" - 5:55

The 8-track release featured a different ordering of tracks:

Singles

  1. "Rain Dance" (#3 Can., #19 U.S.)
  2. "Sour Suite" (#12 Can., #50 U.S.)
  3. "Life In The Bloodstream" (#39 Can.)

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
The Guess Who
Studio albums
Shakin' All Over · Hey Ho (What You Do To Me) · It's Time · Wheatfield Soul · Canned Wheat · American Woman · Share the Land · So Long, Bannatyne · Rockin' · Artificial Paradise · #10 · Road Food · Flavours · Power in the Music · Guess Who's Back · All This for a Song · Now and Not Then · Liberty
Live albums
Live at the Paramount · Together Again · The Best of the Guess Who Live · The Spirit Lives On · Down the Road · Running Back Thru Canada · The Best of Running Back Thru Canada · Extended Versions: The Encore Collection
Compilations
Singles
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