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. Although not included on the album, the " Devil's Answer" single was released just prior to it, becoming the band's highest chart success at number 4 in the UK. This helped push the album to a number 18 UK chart placing, despite the fact that the four musicians pictured on the inside cover never played together. Half of the songs were written by Crane along with his first wife, Pat Darnell, who assisted with the lyrics. The backing tracks (and some vocals) were recorded by Vincent Crane, John Cann and Paul Hammond, but Cann and Hammond were let go from the group soon after vocalist Pete French was drafted in. The finished album's sound was dominated by Crane and Hammond, with many of Cann's guitar parts either not used or placed lower in the mix. However, Cann's guitar does still come through loud and clear on his compositions (tracks 2 and 6) and the instrumentals (tracks 4 and 7). The album reached #45 in Canada.

Track listing

Original version

Side one # "Breakthrough" (

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, Pat Darnell) 6:18 # "Break the Ice" ( John Cann) 4:59 # "Decision/Indecision" (Crane, Darnell) 3:50 # "A Spoonful of Bromide Helps the Pulse Rate Go Down" (Crane) 4:38 Side two # "Black Snake" (Crane, Darnell) 6:00 # "Head in the Sky" (Cann) 5:38 # "The Rock" (Crane) 4:31 # "The Price" (Crane, Darnell) 5:16

Original U.S. Version

Side one # "Breakthrough" # "Break the Ice" # "Decision/Indecision" # "A Spoonful of Bromide Helps the Pulse Rate Go Down" # " Devil's Answer" - U.S. Version with Pete French Overdubbed Vocals Side two # "Black Snake" # "Head in the Sky" # "The Rock" # "The Price"

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CD reissue bonus track

"Devil's Answer" (Cann) 3.28 - original single version 1971

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CD reissue bonus tracks

"Devil's Answer" (Cann) 3:28 - US version with overdubbed Pete French vocals 1971 # "Breakthrough" 7:20 - Live in Concert 1972 # "A Spoonful of Bromide Helps the Pulse Rate Go Down" 4:46 - Live in Concert 1972

2001 Akarma Records unlicensed CD reissue bonus tracks

"Devil's Answer" (Cann) 3.28 - original single version 1971 # "Breakthrough" (Crane, Darnell) 6:10 - Live in Concert 1972 # "Stand by Me" (Crane) 4:57 - as above # "People You Can't Trust" (Crane) 4:29 - as above # "All in Satan's Name" (Ric Parnell) 3:56 - as above # "Devil's Answer" (Cann) 5:39 - as above

Personnel

;Atomic Rooster *

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

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(all tracks),

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(1, 3, 4),

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(5, 8) * John Cann -

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(all but 3) * Pete French - vocals (1-3, 6, 8) * Paul Hammond -

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(all tracks)

Personnel (North American Tour, 1971)

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* Pete French:

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Ric Parnell Ric Parnell (13 August 1951 – 1 May 2022) was an English rock drummer. Notable for his work in the band Atomic Rooster, he is probably best known for his role as the ill-fated drummer Mick Shrimpton in the film ''This Is Spinal Tap''. Caree ...

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References

*The New Musical Express Book of Rock, 1975, Star Books, {{Authority control Atomic Rooster albums 1971 albums Albums with cover art by Roger Dean (artist) Elektra Records albums Castle Communications albums Albums produced by Vincent Crane Albums produced by John Du Cann Philips Records albums Repertoire Records albums