Idle Race (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Idle Race
Type = Album
Artist = The Idle Race


Released = 1969
Recorded = 1969
Genre = rock music
Length =
Label = Liberty Records
Producer = Jeff Lynne
Reviews = *Allmusic
Last album = "The Birthday Party" (1968)
This album = "Idle Race" (1969)
Next album = "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.

Track listing

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

Personnel

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