TCCDM Pulls One Out..."You Broke My Heart So..."
"You Broke My Heart So..." - Spooky Tooth (1973)
This was Spooky Tooth's 5th album. The one with the ridiculously blunt title. When I finally got the gatefold home and gave the inside a better look...it turned out to be a bait-n-switch. The inside is an exaggerated drawn picture of a crazy-mad woman doing the "jaw-breaking." Pretty funny. And the album's pretty good, too. New guitarist Mick Jones (Foreigner) replaced Luther "Ariel Bender" Grosvenor on this album and gives Spooky Tooth a more guitar-driven sound. Don't get me wrong. Original member, Gary Wright is still heavily involved. His solid keyboard work and backing vocals always seem to give songs a groovy ethereal vibe even on the more harder tracks. I like reading AMG, but their 2-star rating of this album, I think, is way off! Apart from a couple of weaker tracks, there's not a bad song on here. For some reason, Spooky Tooth is one of those bands that seem to always fly under-the-radar. That's a bonus for folks like us. Their albums can always be found cheap...and this one is worth a pop.
(btw...the Mike Harrison vocals on "Self-Seeking Man" sound like a young and dangerous Cher! And it's awesome. Go Tube it.)
"You Broke My Heart So..." (back)
Inside Gatefold (watermarks on bottom)
Album Insert w/tracklist & essay
A&M Records label
"Old As I Was Born" - Spooky Tooth / "You Broke My Heart So..." (1973)
Good stuff.
Casey Chambers
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