Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Bachman-Turner Overdrive (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1973

Bachman-Turner Overdrive is an LP by Bachman-Turner Overdrive from 1973 released on the Mercury label.

About this album

Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s self-titled debut introduced the Canadian band’s muscular blend of blues rock, hard rock and working-band grit. Released in 1973, the album set out the sound Randy Bachman had been shaping after leaving The Guess Who: riff-led guitars, steady rhythms and a direct, unflashy sense of force. With songs such as Hold Back the Water and Blue Collar, it established the group’s blue-collar identity and helped position them for the bigger commercial breakthrough that followed later in the decade. The record remains an early statement of intent from one of Canada’s most durable rock acts.

Genre: Pop & Rock

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