''Accept'' is the fourth studio
album
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by the
blues band,
Chicken Shack, released in 1970.
''Accept'' was Chicken Shack's last album on the
Blue Horizon label. This album was also the last for
Andy Sylvester
Andrew Frederick Silvester (born 16 June 1947, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England) is a British bassist and multi-instrumentalist. Silvester has played in various bands during his career, most notably as co-founder of both Chicken Shack and ...
, Dave Bidwell and
Paul Raymond as members of Chicken Shack. It also marks a departure from pure blues to a more progressive and psychedelic sound.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Stan Webb and Paul Raymond.
Side one
# "Diary of Your Life"
# "Pocket"*
# "Never Ever"*
# "Sad Clown"*
# "Maudie"*
# "Telling Your Fortune"
Side two
# "Tired Eyes"
# "Some Other Time"*
# "Going Round"
# "Andalucian Blues"
# "You Knew You Did You Did"
# "She Didn't Use Her Loaf"
Personnel
Chicken Shack
*
Stan Webb –
guitar
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,
vocals
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*
Paul Raymond –
keyboards
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Text input
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* Computer keyboard
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Music
* Musi ...
, vocals
*
Andy Sylvester
Andrew Frederick Silvester (born 16 June 1947, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England) is a British bassist and multi-instrumentalist. Silvester has played in various bands during his career, most notably as co-founder of both Chicken Shack and ...
–
bass guitar
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*Dave Bidwell –
drums
Production
* Producer –
Mike Vernon
* Engineer – Mike Ross
* Studio –
CBS
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* Photography and design – Terence Ibbott
Trivia
The album title inspired the German heavy metal band
Accept
Accept may refer to:
* Acceptance, a person's assent to the reality of a situation etc.
* Accept (band), a German heavy metal band
** ''Accept'' (Accept album), their debut album from 1979
* ''Accept'' (Chicken Shack album), 1970
* ACCEPT (or ...
to change its name from ''Band X'' to ''Accept''.
References
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1970 albums
Chicken Shack albums
Blue Horizon Records albums
Albums produced by Mike Vernon (record producer)