Bachman-Turner Overdrive – I & II (Remastered) (1973/2021) [SACD / Vocalion – CDSML 8584]
Title: Bachman-Turner Overdrive – I & II (Remastered) (1973/2021)
Genre: Rock
Format: SACD ISO
Bachman–Turner Overdrive is the self-titled debut studio album by Canadian rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive, released in 1973. It was originally to be titled Brave Belt III, following the Brave Belt II album, made by the previous line-up of the group, called Brave Belt. The album did not produce a true hit single (“Blue Collar” reached #68 on the U.S. Billboard charts and #21 in Canada), but it was certified “Gold” by the RIAA in 1974, largely pulled up by strong sales of Bachman–Turner Overdrive’s next two albums (Bachman–Turner Overdrive II and Not Fragile). “Gimme Your Money Please” and “Little Gandy Dancer” were released on a double A-side single in Canada only. After the release of Bachman–Turner Overdrive II, this first album was often referred to as “BTO 1”. Record World described “Gimme Your Money Please” as “a hard hitting rocker.”
Bachman–Turner Overdrive II is the second album by Canadian rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive, released in 1973. The album reached #4 in the US and #6 in Canada. Bachman–Turner Overdrive II includes BTO’s first Top 40 single, “Let It Ride”, which peaked at #23 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The album’s second and bigger hit single is “Takin’ Care of Business”. Though it never cracked the Top 10 on the US singles charts (reaching #12 in 1974), it became one of the band’s most enduring anthems and stayed on the Billboard chart for 20 weeks.[3] Both singles reached #3 on the Canadian RPM chart.