Spooky Tooth - Spooky Two

UK import

Spooky Two is this British blues-rock band's pièce de résistance. All eight of the tracks compound free-styled rock and loose-fitting guitar playing, resulting in some fantastic raw music. With Gary Wright on keyboards and vocals and lead singer Mike Harrison behind the microphone, their smooth, relaxed tempos and riffs mirrored bands like Savoy Brown and, at times, even the Yardbirds. With some emphasis on keyboards, songs like "Lost in My Dream" and the nine-minute masterpiece "Evil Woman" present a cool, nonchalant air that grooves and slides along perfectly. "I've Got Enough Heartache" whines and grieves with some sharp bass playing from Greg Ridley, while "Better by You, Better Than Me" is the catchiest of the songs, with its clinging hooks and desperate-sounding chorus. The last song, "Hangman Hang My Shell on a Tree," is a splendid example of the bandmembers' ability to play off of one another, mixing soulful lyrics with downtrodden instrumentation to conjure up the perfect melancholia. Although Spooky Tooth lasted about seven years, their other albums never really contained the same passion or talented collaborating by each individual musician as Spooky Two. 

Mike DeGagne

    Tracks
    1 Waitin' for the Wind
    2 Feelin' Bad
    3 I've Got Enough Heartaches
    4 Evil Woman
    5 Lost in My Dream
    6 That Was Only Yesterday
    7 Better By You, Better Than Me
    8 Hangman Hang My Shell On a Tree
   
Bonus Tracks
    9 Feelin' Bad
    10 I Can't Quit Her
    11 Blues Town
    12 Something Got Into Your Life
    13 When I Get Home
    14 Waitin' for the Wind (First Mix)
    15 Lost in My Dream (First Mix)
    16 Better By You, Better Than Me (First Mix)
    17 Pretty Woman