It's a Game

Infobox Album |
Name = It's a Game
Type = Album
Artist = Bay City Rollers


Released = July 1977
Recorded = 1977
Genre = Pop, Rock
Length =
Label = Arista Records
Producer = Harry Maslin
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wk9ks30ba3vg link]
Last album = "Dedication"
(1976)
This album = "It's a Game"
(1977)
Next album = "Strangers in the Wind"
(1978)

"It's a Game" is a rock album by the Scottish group Bay City Rollers, issued in summer 1977. It was the band's fifth original studio album, and featured production by Harry Maslin, fresh off of success with David Bowie. Despite receiving a Gold Album certification in the US, the group's popularity had waned considerably since their initial burst of fame, and this and subsequent albums would see diminishing success.

The album produced three chart hits: "It's a Game", "You Made Me Believe in Magic", and "The Way I Feel Tonight".

Guitarist Ian Mitchell, present on the "Dedication" LP, had quit the band in late 1976, to be replaced by Pat McGlynn. McGlynn toured with the group and participated in initial sessions for "It's a Game", but was soon dismissed from the band. The finished product showed the Rollers as a four-piece band, McGlynn's contributions apparently not making the final cut. The band would expand to a quintet again in 1978 as founding member Alan Longmuir re-joined the fold.

"It's a Game" was reissued on CD with several bonus tracks in October 2007.

Track listing

ide One

#"It's a Game" (Adams)
#"You Made Me Believe in Magic" (Boone)
#"Don't Let the Music Die" (Faulkner, Wood)
#"Love Power" (Vann)
#"The Way I Feel Tonight" (Shield)

ide Two

#"Love Fever" (Faulkner, Wood)
#"Sweet Virginia" (Faulkner, Wood, Longmuir, McKeown, McGlynn)
#"Inside a Broken Dream" (Faulkner, Wood, McKeown)
#"Dance, Dance, Dance" (Faulkner, Wood)
#"Rebel Rebel" (Bowie)

Personnel

*Eric Faulkner - Guitar, vocals
*Derek Longmuir - Drums, vocals
*Les McKeown - Lead Vocals
*Stuart "Woody" Wood - Bass Guitar, vocals

Charts

Album

Singles