''Fat Mattress II'' is the second studio album by English

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band Fat Mattress, released in 1970.

Reception

Compared with the band's debut self-titled album, ''Fat Mattress II'' was a commercial failure, not appearing in any major record charts. The album was described, in a review for music website

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, by critic Richie Unterberger as "similar to, but also inferior to, their debut." Unterberger went on to suggest that "The songs aren't even up to the debut's modest standard, however, and the lingering feeling is that of a tolerable but fairly anonymous '60s-turning-into-'70s band with a Transatlantic feel."

Track listing

Personnel

;Fat Mattress * Neil Landon – vocals, production * Jimmy Leverton – bass, vocals, production *Eric Dillon – drums, production *Steve Hammond – guitar, production *

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– keyboards, production ;Additional personnel *

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– guitar on tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, & 11 *

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*Roger Wilkinson – engineering on "The Storm" and "Highway" *

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– photography

Release history

References

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External links

* {{Authority control 1970 albums Fat Mattress albums Polydor Records albums Atco Records albums Sanctuary Records albums Esoteric Recordings albums Sequel Records albums Albums produced by Neil Landon