You Are the Music We're Just the Band [Import]

Trapeze | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 8, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Lemon Records UK
• ASIN: B0000AJ5S3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,501 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Keepin' Time

2. Coast to Coast

3. What Is a Woman's Role

4. Way Back to the Bone

5. Feelin' So Much Better Now

6. Will Our Love End

7. Loser

8. You Are the Music

Editorial Reviews

Full Title - You Are The Music...We're Just The Band. First time on CD. Remastered reissue of the British hard rock outfit's 1972 album featuring 8 tracks. Lemon. 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary ... one of the most talented hard rock bands ever assembled, February 13, 2006

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L. Miller (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You Are the Music We're Just the Band (Audio CD)

I use to listen to this album on 8-track tape back in the early 70's and was crazy about it at the time. The tape eventually broke, years went by, but I could still hear those Trapeze songs from "Your Are The Music" playing in my head. Recently, I discovered that the CD was being produced and subsequently acquired a copy. I suspected I would find the music dated, and would principally enjoy it for nostalgia reasons. I was wrong, it holds up wonderfully and I am still blown away by the talent of each musician and, when put together, the synergy they produce as Trapeze. The band is probably best known for the vocals provided by Glen Hughes, but what really attacted me was the outstanding guitar work of Mel Galley, and the incredible percussion by Dave Holland. These guys are fantastic, the songs are outstanding. I am still in awe when I listen to this CD over 30 years after my first introduction to the band. If you are a true hard rock lover, this is a must have disc.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What I thought Trapeze would be like, November 28, 2006

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P.S. "tsubame" (Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Are the Music We're Just the Band (Audio CD)

Before buying Medusa I had never heard a Trapeze song before. But I knew about Glenn Hughes from his work with Deep Purple and less so from his work on Black Sabbath's Seventh Star. With DP his voice was soulfull and rock 'n' roll, and the music was rockin' and funky. I expected that would be what I would find with Trapeze. Reading the reviews here I figured Medusa would be the album to go with, but honestly I was not too thrilled. The album was good but never really hit me. Hughes often sounded a bit more like early Sabbath Ozzy and the music was more like Free meets early Judas Priest.

This album, however, is what I thought Trapeze would be like. It's a combination of seventies funk/rock plus hard rock. The album opens with a blistering guitar attack of heavy chords with a thumping beat. The song lightens up a bit after the intro but the album already has my attention. The next two tracks have Hughes giving us his voice in full range, with so much range and variety I can't believe it's the same guy on Medusa. Sometime during all that touring in the U.S. he seems to have really found his voice. From Uriah Heep-like shrill screams to thick-throated soulful laments Hughes comes across like three different singers before the album is half through. Indeed, he is credited with "all voices" in the jacket.

The songs come out funky or heavy, with tracks like Way Back to the Bone and Feelin' So Much Better Now letting the heavy guitar beast out of the cage. Mel Galley totally cooks on some of the solos and Dave Holland gives his drums a good workout. All three members seem to have found new sounds and new ideas with which to work and they are giving it everything they have.

Though the sound quality is a slight bit muddy on this album, the talent and energy more than make up for it. I'm glad I found the Trapeze I was looking for.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still a great album!, December 13, 2005

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K. Lori "book fiend" (AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You Are the Music We're Just the Band (Audio CD)

I have all 3 Trapeze releases on vinyl. I'm SO glad to see them on CD because now I can enjoy one of the best bands of the '70s with the quality of a CD. Glenn Hughes has one of the most powerful voices I've ever heard, and this band is so tight it's easy to see why their music is still in demand.