Wouldn't You Like It [Import]

Bay City Rollers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 26, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bmg
• ASIN: B000006ZAA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,673,234 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wouldn't You Like It, July 14, 2000

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Adrian J. Tan "adrian tan" (Murphy, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wouldn't You Like It (Audio CD)

This, by far, is the best albulm released by the group. I had it when it first came out in the 70s, and in fact still do (the origianl vinyl version). You could see that The Beatles had a strong influence on the "Rollers": compare "I only Want to Dance With You" to The Beatle's "There's A Place" and you can see what I mean. "Give A Little Love" and "Eagles Fly" really stands out. I recommend it to anyone interested.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bay City Rollers Rock On with self-penned LP!, April 26, 2004

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Robert J. Santaniello (Flushing, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wouldn't You Like It (Audio CD)

One of the top three best BCR LP's (in the company of "Elevator" and "It's A Game"), "Wouldn't You Like It" was noteworthy as the first almost totally self-penned BCR effort from Eric Faulkner and Stuart Wood. Forget the grumblings and sour grapes of Caroline Sullivan and ousted-turned-author frontman Leslie McKeown; this LP is the real deal and proved in 1975 and now that the Rollers rocked best when performing the songs of Eric Faulkner. From the opening guitar blasts of "I Only Wanna Dance With You" to the brave drum solo experiment "Derek's End Piece" that closes the LP, Faulkner's knack for power-pop at its best is lightyears ahead of the two previous Roller outings "Rollin'" and "Once Upon A Star". Those LP's had their moments of pop confection, but it's on this third LP that the Faulkner-Wood team crystallized and provided the rockiest set of pop tunes the Rollers would ever embrace besides those on "Elevator". Sadly, it wasn't meant to be as Clive Davis and company and Arista relegated the Rollers self-penned efforts to the dust heap in favor of safe covers of sing-song oldies like "I Only Wanna Be With You". Perhaps Faulkner would still be churning out great power-pop had his talent been nurtured instead of discouraged and the seeds of that talent bloomed magnificently on this '75 LP. The only time the LP falls down is on the formulaic Goodison-Wainman track "Give A Little Love" or Faulkner's attempt at disco ("Don't Stop The Music"). Beautifully orchestrated ballads such as "Maybe I'm A Fool To Love You" join scores of out and out rockers like the title track, "Too Young To Rock And Roll" and the stunningly mature acoustic gem "Eagles Fly". The CD version here is remastered brilliantly and the extra tracks are interesting insights into some b-sides and early Nobby Clark sung material. But buy the CD for the original tracks present on the '75 LP and get ready for the best rock the Rollers had to offer. What "might have been" had they been left alone to develop (sans Les McKeown and his self-professed dislike for Eric's music) as a tight power pop unit is a sad question we'll unfortunately never know the answer to.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best of the bunch, September 2, 2004

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Brewzerr "Brewzerr" (On the fault line, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wouldn't You Like It (Audio CD)

This album, like all of the Rollers' albums, is conflicted. It bounces schizophrenically from High-caliber power pop like the title track, as well as "Too Young To Rock And Roll", "I Only Wanna Dance With You", and the previously released "Saturday Night"... to a horrible experiment in Disco ("Don't Stop The Music"), to twee Beatle-esque wanna-bes ("Give A Little Love", "Here Comes That Feeling Again", "Lovely To See You"), to overall schlocky, limp bubblegum ("Shanghai'd In Love", "Maybe I'm A Fool To Love You", "Love Is"). There's even a classic 70's cannabis-drenched acoustic rocker ("Eagles Fly"), and a bizarre overdubbed drum solo experiment ("Derek's End Piece").
Of the three bonus tracks on this release, two ("Wouldn't You Like It - 1972 version", which incidentally is a COMPLETELY different song from the '75 version, and "I'd Do It Again") are total throwaway garbage and completely unnecessary unless you're a diehard BCR fanatic. However, the other bonus track, "She'll Be Crying Over You", was the B-side of the "Give A Little Love" single, and is one of those rare moments when the Rollers hit the right spot with one of their ballads. There is plenty of minor-to-major chord interplay and the vocal harmonies are some of the best I've ever heard from these guys. This is a truly GOOD song. Too bad this wasn't the A-side!
The Rollers' third album is without a doubt their most eclectic, and therefore their most interesting. Like the liner notes accurately state, it's a real grab-bag of 70's sounds. This may have had something to do with the fact that all but one song here is a Faulkner/Wood composition. It seems that with new-found freedom, the wild dogs ran amok in the songwriting streets so to speak. The result is what I would go so far as to say their best album... and definitely their most interesting. Recommended.