Tasty (The Shadows album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Tasty

| type = studio

| artist = The Shadows

| cover = The Shadows - Tasty.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1977|08}}

| recorded = April, May and August 1974 and March and April 1977

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock

| length = {{Duration|m=40|s=07}}

| label = Columbia (EMI)

| producer = The Shadows

| prev_title = Specs Appeal

| prev_year = 1975

| next_title = String of Hits

| next_year = 1979

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r49092|first=Dave|last=Thompson|accessdate=29 June 2011}}

}}

Tasty is the eleventh rock album by British instrumental (and sometimes vocal) group The Shadows, released in 1977 through Columbia (EMI).

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| total_length = 20:35

| title1 = Cricket Bat Boogie

| writer1 = Brian Bennett, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch

| length1 = 02:56

| title2 = Return to the Alamo

| writer2 = Bennett, Marvin, Welch

| length2 = 04:04

| note2 = Orchestra arranged and conducted by Norrie Paramor

| title3 = Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

| writer3 = Elton John, Bernie Taupin

| length3 = 03:08

| title4 = Another Night

| writer4 = Bennett, Marvin, Alan Tarney, Welch

| length4 = 03:25

| title5 = Honky Tonk Women

| writer5 = Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

| length5 = 02:57

| title6 = Montezuma's Revenge

| writer6 = Bennett, Marvin, Welch

| length6 = 04:05

}}{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| total_length = 19:32

| title1 = Walk, Don't Run

| writer1 = Johnny Smith

| length1 = 02:51

| title2 = Superstar

| writer2 = Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell

| length2 = 04:12

| title3 = Bermuda Triangle

| writer3 = Bennett, Marvin, Welch

| length3 = 05:14

| title4 = The Most Beautiful Girl

| writer4 = Rory Bourke, Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson

| length4 = 02:45

| title5 = Creole Nights

| writer5 = Bennett, Marvin, Welch

| length5 = 04:30

}}

Personnel

  • Hank Marvin – Electric and acoustic guitars
  • Bruce Welch – Electric and acoustic guitars
  • John Farrar – Electric and acoustic guitars (side one, tracks 3 and 5, side two tracks 2 and 4)
  • Brian Bennett – Drums, percussion and piano

With

  • Dave Richmond – Bass guitar (side one, tracks 3 and 5, side two tracks 2 and 4)
  • Alan Tarney – Bass guitar (side one, tracks 1, 2, 4 and 6, side two tracks 1, 3 and 5)
  • Norrie Paramor – Orchestral accompaniment on "Return to the Alamo"
  • Tony Clark and Dick Plant – Engineers
  • Recorded at – Abbey Road Studios, London / Music Centre, Wembley
  • Back Cover Photograph – Gered Mankowitz
  • Design and Artwork – Cream

References