Any Road Up is the debut studio album by The Steve Gibbons Band.[1] The band were under The Who's management stable and this album was released by Polydor in 1976.[2] This was followed by a tour with The Who in the UK, Europe and the United States. Playing arenas, they shared the stage with Little Feat, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Electric Light Orchestra, The J. Geils Band and Nils Lofgren.[3]

Any Road Up
Studio album by
Released1976
Recorded1975
StudioEel Pie, Ramport and Advision Studios, London
GenreRock, blues, rock and roll, folk, jazz, country, R&B
Length45:04
LabelMCA in US, Polydor in UK and Germany
ProducerPeter Meaden
Steve Gibbons Band chronology
Any Road Up
(1976)
Rollin' On
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic

The album failed to chart while the song "Johnny Cool" (based on the film of the same name) reached the Billboard Hot 100, stalling at number 72.[4]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Steve Gibbons

No.TitleLength
1."Take Me Home"4:04
2."Johnny Cool"3:55
3."Rollin'"5:53
4."Spark of Love"4:14
5."Standing on the Bridge"3:13
6."Natural Thing"4:21
7."Speed Kills"3:33
8."Strange World"5:17
9."Sweetheart"4:20

1993 Reissue Tracks

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No.TitleLength
1."Get up and Dance"3:15
2."Little Suzie"2:59

1997 Reissue Tracks

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No.TitleLength
1."Back Street Cat" 
2."Dick Malone" 

Personnel

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The Steve Gibbons Band

with:

Technical
  • Anton Matthews - associate producer, Advison Studios
  • Ken Laguna - remixing, Advision Studios; additional instrumentation
  • John Entwistle - mixing, Ramport Studios
  • Terry O'Neill - photography

References

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  1. ^ "Any Road up - Steve Gibbons | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Cat# 2383 381 on Discogs.com
  3. ^ Steve Gibbons (musician)
  4. ^ "Album Search for "any road up"". AllMusic.
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