Ricochet (Bay City Rollers album)

{{Short description|1981 studio album by The Rollers}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Ricochet

| type = studio

| artist = The Rollers

| cover =Ricochet (Bay City Rollers album).jpg|border=yes

| alt =

| released = 1981

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, power pop

| length =

| label = Epic

| producer = The Rollers, Stephan Galfas

| prev_title = Voxx

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = Live in Japan

| next_year = 1983

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000784542 |label=Review |first=Dave |last=Thompson |accessdate=6 May 2021 }}

}}

Ricochet is a 1981 album by the Bay City Rollers, credited as The Rollers. The album was the third and final release under this band name. In Canada, it saw release on Epic Records as "The Brown Bag Album" and later appeared with a promotional sticker which said, "The Famous Brownbag Album Now Exposed!"

Ricochet was reissued on CD in 2008 with one bonus cut – "Life on the Radio (single version)".

Track listing

{{tracklist

| headline = Side one

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| title1 = Doors, Bars, Metal

| writer1 = Faure

| extra1 = Faure

| length1 = 3:43

| title2 = Life on the Radio

| extra2 = Faure

| length2 = 4:40

| writer2 = Faulkner

| title3 = No Doubt About It

| writer3 = Faulkner

| extra3 = Faure

| length3 = 3:57

| title4 = Roxy Lady

| writer4 = Faulkner

| extra4 = Faulkner

| length4 = 3:28

| title5 = Ricochet

| writer5 = Faure

| extra5 = (instrumental)

| length5 = 2:26

| title6 = Won't You Come Home With Me

| writer6 = Faure

| extra6 = Faure

| length6 = 3:11

}}

{{tracklist

| headline = Side two

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| title1 = Ride

| writer1 = Faure

| extra1 = Faure

| length1 = 4:09

| title2 = Lay Your Love on the Line

| writer2 = Faulkner, Faure, Wood

| extra2 = Faure

| length2 = 3:51

| title3 = That's Where the Boys Are

| writer3 = Faulkner

| extra3 = Faulkner

| length3 = 3:26

| title4 = Set the Fashion

| writer4 = Faure, Wood

| extra4 = Faure

| length4 = 3:29

| title5 = This Is Your Life

| extra5 = Faure

| length5 = 3:33

| writer5 = Faulkner, Faure, Longmuir, Wood

}}

Personnel

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