''You Broke My Heart So ... I Busted Your Jaw'' is an

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

Spooky Tooth Spooky Tooth were an English rock band originally formed in Carlisle in 1967. Principally active between 1967 and 1974, the band re-formed several times in later years. History Prior to Spooky Tooth, four of the band's five founding members h ...

, first released in 1973 on

Island Records Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, anoth ...

. It was the first album to be released after the band re-formed, following their 1970 breakup. Founding guitarist

Luther Grosvenor Luther James Grosvenor (born 23 December 1946) is an English rock musician, who played guitar in Spooky Tooth, briefly in Stealers Wheel and, under the pseudonym Ariel Bender, in Mott the Hoople and Widowmaker. Grosvenor was born in Evesha ...

did not rejoin the band, as he had joined

Mott The Hoople Mott the Hoople were an English rock band formed in Herefordshire. Originally known as the Doc Thomas Group, the group changed their name after signing with Island Records in 1969. The band released albums throughout the early 1970s but fail ...

as a guitarist, adopting the stage name of

Ariel Bender Luther James Grosvenor (born 23 December 1946) is an English rock musician, who played guitar in Spooky Tooth, briefly in Stealers Wheel and, under the pseudonym Ariel Bender, in Mott the Hoople and Widowmaker. Grosvenor was born in Evesham ...

. Grosvenor was replaced by Mick Jones, who later co-founded Foreigner, while founding drummer

Mike Kellie Michael Alexander Kellie (24 March 1947 – 18 January 2017) was an English musician, composer and record producer. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Kellie was a member of the rock bands the V.I.P.s, Spooky Tooth and the Only ...

was replaced by

Bryson Graham Bryson Macrae Graham (12 September 1952 – 6 December 1993) was an English people, English rock drummer, most notable as a member of Mainhorse, Spooky Tooth and Girl (band), Girl, and as a session musician. Life and career Bryson Macrae Graha ...

. The album was remastered and re-released on compact disc (CD) by

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in January 2005, with a bonus track.

Track listing

All songs written by

Gary Wright Gary Malcolm Wright (born April 26, 1943) is an American musician and composer best known for his 1976 hit songs " Dream Weaver" and " Love Is Alive", and for his role in helping establish the synthesizer as a leading instrument in rock and po ...

, except where noted. Side one #"Cotton Growing Man" – 4:39 #"Old as I Was Born" – 4:40 #"This Time Around" (

) – 4:08 #"Holy Water" – 3:27 Side two #

"Wildfire" – 4:04 #"Self Seeking Man" – 3:47 #"Times Have Changed" ( Mick Jones, Wright) – 3:53 #"Moriah" – 6:20 2005 CD bonus track #

"Nobody There at All" (Post, Martin) – 3:44 (Alternate Mix)

Charts

Personnel

;Spooky Tooth * Mike Harrison –

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harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

* Mick Jones –

guitars The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

–

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* Chris Stewart – bass * Val Burke – bass, backing vocals *

–

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;Other credits *

Chris Kimsey Christopher Kenneth Kimsey (born 3 December 1951 in Battersea, London, England) is an English record producer, mixer and musician most famous for having co-produced The Rolling Stones' ''Undercover'' and '' Steel Wheels'' albums. He was also an ...

– engineer, mixing * Phil McDonald – mixing * Rod Thear – mixing, tape operator *

Klaus Voormann Klaus Otto Wilhelm Voormann (born 29 April 1938) is a German artist, musician, and record producer. Voormann was the bassist for Manfred Mann from 1966 to 1969, and performed as a session musician on a host of recordings, including "You're So V ...

– cover drawings

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:You Broke My Heart So ... I Busted Your Jaw 1973 albums Spooky Tooth albums Island Records albums Albums recorded at Apple Studios Albums with cover art by Klaus Voormann Albums recorded at Olympic Sound Studios