Eat It (album)


Eat It is the sixth album by English rock group Humble Pie, released in 1973. A double album, it reached #13 on the Billboard 200, and #34 in the UK.

Background

Steve Marriott had been talking to the group about having backing singers from early on. During the recording of Eat It, Steve had been in touch with Venetta Fields and asked her to find two other women to help her out. Fields chose Clydie King and Sherlie Matthews to become the Blackberries and flew to London. When Marriott asked them to perform on tour with Humble Pie, Sherlie Matthews declined due to other commitments such as her two children and her husband. Matthews chose Billie Barnum to be missing member of the Blackberries.
Each side of this double album is different: Side 1 features Steve Marriott penned rock and roll; Side 2 has classic R&B covers; Side 3 is a collection of acoustic Steve Marriott songs; finally Side 4 features Humble Pie live in concert.
Eat It was the band's seventh official album release and their fifth for A&M Records.
Steve Marriott produced the album and it was the first album recorded in Marriott's newly built home recording studio he titled Clear Sounds, in a converted barn at Beehive Cottage, Moreton, Essex.
"Get Down to It" was featured in the 2004 video game .

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Get Down to It" – 3:27
  2. "Good Booze and Bad Women" – 3:18
  3. "Is It for Love?" – 4:41
  4. "Drugstore Cowboy" – 5:40

    Side two

  5. "Black Coffee" – 3:11
  6. "I Believe to My Soul" – 4:05
  7. "Shut up and Don't Interrupt Me" – 3:07
  8. "That's How Strong My Love Is" – 3:49

    Side three

  9. "Say No More" – 2:01
  10. "Oh, Bella " – 3:28
  11. "Summer Song" – 2:48
  12. "Beckton Dumps" – 3:16

    Side four

  13. "Up Our Sleeve" – 5:02
  14. "Honky Tonk Women" – 3:58
  15. "Road Runner" – 13:29

    Personnel

The Blackberries:
Guests:
Album Production: