''Blowin''' is the second album by the English-Irish

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band The Noel Redding Band, released in 1976.

Reception

In a review for

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, the critic William Ruhlmann suggested that "The album rocked harder than its predecessor, '' Clonakilty Cowboys''," going on to criticise the band as "a faceless, nearly generic rock group with a rusty-voiced singer mouthing rock & roll clichés and a standard-issue guitarist."

Track listing

Personnel

;The Noel Redding Band * Noel Redding –

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guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

* David Clarke – vocals, keyboards,

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* Eric Bell – guitar, vocals *Les Sampson –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

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;Additional personnel *Andy Kealey – vocals *Stanley Schnier – bass guitar *Red Young – keyboards, piano, organ, clavinet, Moog synthesizers

References

{{Authority control 1976 albums The Noel Redding Band albums RCA Records albums