O.K. Ken?, Chicken Shack, Music CD

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1	Baby's Got Me Crying 2:34
2	The Right Way Is My Way 2:33
3	Get Like You Used to Be 3:49
4	Pony and Trap 3:20
5	Tell Me 4:50
6	A Woman Is the Blues 3:28
7	I Wanna See My Baby 3:52
8	Remington Ride 3:02
9	Fishing in Your River 4:40
10	Mean Old World 3:44
11	Sweet Sixteen 6:21

Biography

Editorial Reviews

This was Chicken Shack's most popular album, making the British Top Ten. If you're looking for relics of the British Blues Boom, however, you'd be much better off with Ten Years After, to say nothing of legitimate artists such as Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall. British blues at its best could be exciting (if usually derivative), but it's difficult to fathom how this relentlessly plodding, monotonous effort met with such success. Stan Webb took most of the songwriting and vocal chores, emulating the slow-burning Chicago boogie with little skill or subtlety (though he wasn't a bad guitarist). Christine Perfect did write and sing a few songs, but these unfortunately found both her compositional and vocal chops at a most callow stage of development. To nail the coffin, most of the songs were preceded by excruciating comic dialog that made Cheech & Chong sound sophisticated in comparison. Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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O.K. Ken?


1	Baby's Got Me Crying 2:34
2	The Right Way Is My Way 2:33
3	Get Like You Used to Be 3:49
4	Pony and Trap 3:20
5	Tell Me 4:50
6	A Woman Is the Blues 3:28
7	I Wanna See My Baby 3:52
8	Remington Ride 3:02
9	Fishing in Your River 4:40
10	Mean Old World 3:44
11	Sweet Sixteen 6:21

All Music Guide

This was Chicken Shack's most popular album, making the British Top Ten. If you're looking for relics of the British Blues Boom, however, you'd be much better off with Ten Years After, to say nothing of legitimate artists such as Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall. British blues at its best could be exciting (if usually derivative), but it's difficult to fathom how this relentlessly plodding, monotonous effort met with such success. Stan Webb took most of the songwriting and vocal chores, emulating the slow-burning Chicago boogie with little skill or subtlety (though he wasn't a bad guitarist). Christine Perfect did write and sing a few songs, but these unfortunately found both her compositional and vocal chops at a most callow stage of development. To nail the coffin, most of the songs were preceded by excruciating comic dialog that made Cheech & Chong sound sophisticated in comparison. Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Format: CD
Original Release: 1969
Release Date: 10/18/1993
Label: COLUMBIA EUROPE
Catalog No.: 474608
UPC: 5099747460821
Sales Rank: 68,482

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Chicken Shack		Primary Artist, Primary Artist, Primary Artist
Big Walter Horton		Harmonica
John Almond		Trombone, Saxophone
Christine McVie		Keyboards, Vocals
Kenneth Williams		Voices
Stan Webb		Guitar, Vocals, Voices
Bud Beadle		Alto, Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Baritone, Baritone (Vocal)
Dave Bidwell		Drums
Don Fey		Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Tenor (Vocal)
Hugh Green		Voices
Steve Gregory		Saxophone, Tenor (Vocal)
Roderick M Lee		Trumpet
Terry Noonan		Trumpet
John Peel		Voices
Andy Silvester		Bass
Max Wall		Voices
Chris Wood		Voices
Christine Perfect		Piano, Vocals
Harold Wilson		Voices
Roderick M Lee		Trumpet

Technical Credits
Mike Vernon		Producer
Stan Webb		Personnel
Dave Bidwell		Personnel
M.C.		Sound Effects
Mike Ross		Engineer
Neil Slaven		Liner Notes
Christine Perfect		Personnel
Simmonds Harry Chorale		Sound Effects