''Nice 'n' Greasy'' is the fifth studio album by British

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. It is the only album to include

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on guitars after the departure of Steve Bolton the previous year. The album failed to chart and the band was dropped from Dawn Records which led to Vincent Crane eventually disbanding the band in 1975 after a tour. The band would enter a hiatus until reforming in 1980. In the US, the record was issued on Elektra in a different sleeve (pictured) to most territories and retitled ''Atomic Rooster IV'', as their first album, ''

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'' (1970), failed to secure a US release. The US album also had a somewhat different track list to the UK version. The German release ''Nice & Greasy'' followed the US track listing, but with a

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art sleeve. It was further reissued in Germany in 1977, this time in yet another new sleeve and retitled ''This is Atomic Rooster Vol. 2''.

Track listing

Original UK version

Side one # "All Across the Country" (

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) – 5:10 # "Save Me" (Crane) – 3:14 re-recorded, retitled version of "Friday the 13th" # "Voodoo in You" ( Jackie Avery) – 7:04 # "Goodbye Planet Earth" ( Johnny Mandala) – 4:09 Side two # "Take One Toke" (Crane) – 4:59 # "Can't Find a Reason" (Crane) – 4:34 # "Ear in the Snow" (Crane) – 6:13 # "Satan's Wheel" (Crane) – 6:39

2004 Castle Music CD reissue bonus tracks

"What You Gonna Do?" (Farlowe) – 5:23 # "Moods" (Crane) – 4:20 "Can't Find a Reason" single B-side # "The Devil's Answer" (

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) – 4:09 live in Milan 1981 # "Throw Your Life Away" (Crane, Du Cann) – 2:49 # "Do You Know Who’s Looking for You?" single B-side 1980

Original US / German version

Side one # "All Across the Country" (

) – 5:10 # "Save Me" aka "Friday the 13th" (Crane) – 3:14 # "Voodoo in You" ( Jackie Avery) – 7:04 # "Moods" (Crane) – 4:20 Side two # "Take One Toke" (Crane) – 4:59 # "Can't Find a Reason" (Crane) – 4:34 # "Ear in the Snow" (Crane) – 6:13 # "What You Gonna Do" (

Chris Farlowe Chris Farlowe (born John Henry Deighton, 13 October 1940) is an English rock music, rock, blues and blue-eyed soul singer. He is best known for his hit single "Out of Time (Rolling Stones song), Out of Time" written by Mick Jagger and Keith Ric ...

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(under the pseudonym Johnny Mandala) –

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References

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