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by Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Overview

Someone has exercised editorial judgment in selecting the tracks for the Bachman-Turner Overdrive edition in Universal Music's series of discount-priced best-ofs called Icon. BTO placed 12 songs in the Billboard Hot 100, and there are 12 tracks on the disc, but only seven of them are the same ones. Of course, the band's biggest hits, "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and "Takin' Care of Business" are here, bookending the album, and so are such other Top 40 hits as "Roll On Down the Highway" and "Let It Ride." But several down-chart singles are missing, along with one other Top 40 hit, "Hey You," which reached number 21. In place of the chart singles, someone has chosen five songs from BTO's commercial heyday, 1973-1976, when the group scored five consecutive gold albums in the U.S. -- "Welcome Home," "Flat Broke Love" (oddly enough, the B-side of the missing "Hey You"), "Stayed Awake All Night," "Four Wheel Drive," and "Thank You for the Feelin'." Bachman-Turner Overdrive fans may or may not agree with these inclusions, but they do provide a bit of diversity to what is otherwise just another hits package. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	11/02/2010
Label:	Island / Mercury
UPC:	0602527508467
Rank:	105890

Tracks

1. Takin' Care of Business
2. Roll on Down the Highway
3. Let It Ride
4. Take It Like a Man
5. Welcome Home
6. Flat Broke Love
7. Stayed Awake All Night
8. Gimme Your Money Please
9. Four Wheel Drive
10. Lookin' Out for #1
11. Thank You for the Feelin'
12. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bachman-Turner Overdrive   Primary Artist
Tim Bachman   Vocals,Guitar
Blair Thornton   Slide Guitar,Vocals (Background),Guitar
C.F. Turner   Vocals,Bass
Randy Bachman   Vocals,Guitar
Rob Bachman   Vocals (Background),Percussion,Drums

Technical Credits

Ryan Null   Photo Coordination
Jill Ettinger   Product Manager
Jo Almeida   Photo Research
Mike Diehl   Design
Chrissy Telleck   Production Manager
Blair Thornton   Composer
Barry Korkin   Project Supervisor
C.F. Turner   Composer
Mark Omann   Digital Remastering
Randy Bachman   Producer,Composer
Rob Bachman   Composer