Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Bachman Turner Overdrive | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 3, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001FQ7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,816 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The first was the best, December 10, 2002

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Mark R. Van Wagenen "viagracat" (Elgin, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (Audio CD)

Some bands need time to get up to stride; others come up with their best stuff when they still toiled in relative obscurity. BTO fits in the latter. Their first album is easily their best, starting off right away with "Gimme Your Money Please", a tune sure to please with the heavy guitar riffs and snarling vocals of C F Turner. That's followed by "Hold Back the Water", which was the flip side of the single "Blue Collar", which is also great. You may remember "Blue Collar" as a bluesy tune; unfortunately the band never explored that side of their music much, because this track works. Other good tracks include "Stayed Awake All Night" and "Down and Out Man", a rare vocal by early member Tim Bachman. Commercial success probably led them to go down the safe and easy path with subsequent releases, although their fourth album "Four Wheel Drive" rebounds a bit before the band personnel changed and BTO plummeted. This album and "Four Wheel Drive" are the ones you want. If you're a fan, the other albums work, too. But this is their best one, hands down.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Music that never goes away, October 2, 2000

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Rustmanic "R.S." (Albany, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (Audio CD)

BTO does one of the best jobs of using the rock guitar to its potential of any group in history. They also mix it with melodic arrangements, and the result is several all-time gems. This album and 'Head On' are must rock albums. One of my five favorite bands ever, I'd buy anything with BTO or Randy Bachman on the label.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great album from a great band..., November 6, 1999

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Ed Williams - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (Audio CD)

This is BTO's first album, originally released back in 1972. The cuts are outstanding - "Blue Collar" and "Hold Back the Water" alone are worth the price of admission here. Buy this to understand why BTO became what they were, and why, simply, they are the best damn band in the world.