Max Webster (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Max Webster
| type = Studio album
| artist = Max Webster
| cover = MaxWebster.jpg
| alt =
| released = 3 May 1976
| recorded = 4 May – October 1975
| studio = Toronto Sound Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| genre = Hard rock, progressive rock
| length = 36:10
| label = Taurus
| producer = Max Webster, Terry Brown, Tom Berry
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = High Class in Borrowed Shoes
| next_year = 1977
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Max Webster
| type = studio
| single1 = Blowing the Blues Away" / "Hangover
| single1date = 1976
}}
{{Extra album cover
| header = US edition cover
| type = Studio album
| cover = Max Webster hangover.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/max-webster-r316716/review | title = Max Webster Max Webster review | accessdate = 2011-08-18 | last = Hill | first = Gary | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}
|rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
|rev2Score = 10/10{{cite book |last1 = Popoff |first1 = Martin |author-link1 = Martin Popoff |title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies |publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing |date = October 2003 |location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada |isbn = 978-1894959025 |pages=181-182}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Max Webster was the first record released by Canadian rock band Max Webster. The record was released in 1976 on Taurus Records, a short-lived label created by Rush manager Ray Danniels. The album was re-issued in January 1977 by Anthem Records in Canada and on Mercury Records in the US, with the title Hangover and different artwork.
Max Webster was certified gold in 1979 by the Canadian Recording Industry Association.{{cite web | url = https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=max%20webster| title = Gold Platinum Database Artist: Max Webster | access-date = 2021-06-21 | publisher = Music Canada}}
Track listing
All songs written by Kim Mitchell and Pye Dubois, except where indicated
;Side one
- "Hangover" – 4:36
- "Here Among the Cats" – 3:07
- "Blowing the Blues Away" (Terry Watkinson) – 3:33
- "Summer Turning Blue" – 3:05
- "Toronto Tontos" – 3:40
;Side two
- "Coming Off the Moon" – 3:38
- "Only Your Nose Knows" – 4:16
- "Summer's Up" – 2:45
- "Lily" (Mitchell) – 7:42
Personnel
;Max Webster
- Kim Mitchell – guitars and lead vocals
- Terry Watkinson – keyboards and vocals, cover art and design
- Mike Tilka – bass and vocals
- Paul Kersey – drums and percussion
- Pye Dubois – lyrics
;Production
- Terry Brown – producer, engineer
- Tom Berry – executive producer
- Ray Danniels, Vic Wilson (SRO Productions Inc.) – management
- Jon Erickson, Robert Gunn – road crew
References
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