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David Essex albums1973 debut albumsColumbia Records albums
David EssexRock On
Rock On | ||||
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Studio album by David Essex | ||||
Released | 1973 | |||
Genre | Rock, glam rock | |||
Length | 34:42 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Jeff Wayne | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Rock On is the debut album of singer/songwriter David Essex. Its lead single and title track, "Rock On", is still Essex's best known song in the United States.[2] "Lamplight" was also a hit, and the album contains three covers.
Track listing
All tracks composed by David Essex; except where indicated
- "Lamplight"
- "Turn Me Loose" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman)
- "On and On"
- "Streetfight"
- "Rock On"
- "Ocean Girl"
- "Bring in the Sun" (Jeff Wayne, Tony Hertz)
- "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" (Paul Simon)
- "We All Insane"
- "Tell Him No" (Travis Pritchett)
- "Sept. 15th"
Personnel
- David Essex - vocals
Julie Covington - background vocals
Herbie Flowers - bass
Jeff Wayne - Moog synthesizer
Doreen & Irene Chanter - background vocals
Ray Cooper - percussion- Barry DeSouza - drums
- Godfrey Diamond - engineer, mixing
- Mark Griffiths - guitar
Alan Hawkshaw - Moog synthesizer
Jimmy Helms, Gary Osborne, Jimmy Thomas, Paul Vigrass, Billy Laurie, Tom Saffrey - background vocals- Jo Partridge - guitar
Kirby Gregory - guitar
References
^ Thompson, Dave. "David Essex: Rock On > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
^ The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll. 2001 edition.