Hope You Like It by Geordie (CD, 1973)

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Geordie

CD

1973

Hope You Like It

40 mins 32 seconds

Rock

Personnel: Vic Malcolm (vocals, guitar); Brian Johnson (vocals); Brian Gibson (drums). The Newcastle quartet's debut album followed hard on the heels of two superlative hit singles. Beyond a passing affection for a Slade-style stomp, "Don't Do That" and "All Because of You" have little in common with the then-prevalent glam sound, but still their pounding hard rock ethos slipped effortlessly into the mood of the day, to portray Geordie as the unabashed hard rockers that even the teenies could enjoy. (Nazareth pulled off a similar coup around the same time.) Following in those same stack-heeled footsteps, Hope You Like It makes few concessions to the band's newfound fame, a raw and raucous slam through 11 songs that only let the bombast slip when they fall into the closing clown time of the traditional "Geordie's Lost His Liggie," a mad singalong that is absolutely captivating. ~ Dave Thompson

Mojo (Publisher) (p.122) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The band drummed up an exciting, chart-denting platform-stomp on 'All Because Of You'..." Record Collector (magazine) (p.82) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he dialect-heavy 'Geordie's Lost His Liggie' that played out this record is a right good Northern knees-up....[They had] a great feel for blues-rock..."

Infinity Entertainment Gr

Stereo

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USA