Nice 'n' Greasy is the fifth studio album by British rock band Atomic Rooster. It is the only album to include John Goodsall 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, Atomic Roooster (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 phallic art sleeve.The German release 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" (Vincent Crane) – 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" (John Du Cann) – 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" (Vincent Crane) – 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) – 5:23
Personnel Atomic Rooster Chris Farlowe – vocals Vincent Crane – Hammond organ, piano, ARP synthesizer, keyboard bass John Goodsall (under the pseudonym Johnny Mandala) – guitars Ric Parnell – drums, percussion
References
Further reading The New Musical Express Book of Rock, 1975, Star Books,
External links Atomic Rooster - Nice 'n' Greasy (1973) album review by Robert Taylor, credits & releases at AllMusic
Atomic Rooster - Nice 'n' Greasy (1973) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com Atomic Rooster - Nice 'n' Greasy (1973) album to be listened as stream at Spotify.com