TRB Two


TRB Two – also known as TRB2 – is the second studio album by Tom Robinson Band. It was recorded days after the original drummer, Dolphin Taylor, left the band. The TRB disbanded four months after its release. Steve Ridgeway designed the cover.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Tom Robinson; except where indicated
  1. "All Right All Night" – 2:59
  2. "Why Should I Mind" – 3:01
  3. "Black Angel" – 4:02
  4. "Let My People Be" – 4:07
  5. "Blue Murder" – 5:02
  6. "Bully for You" – 3:20
  7. "Crossing Over the Road" – 3:39
  8. "Sorry Mr. Harris" – 2:43
  9. "Law & Order" – 2:35
  10. "Days of Rage" – 3:33
  11. "Hold Out" – 4:10

    Personnel

;Tom Robinson Band
with:
;Technical
The album was dedicated to Mrs. Mary Towers, the mother of Liddle Towers. Liddle Towers was an amateur boxer who had died in police custody in 1976 - his case was the subject of "Blue Murder".
"Black Angel" was originally recorded as "Sweet Black Angel" by Robinson's first band, Café Society, on their self-titled debut album in 1975.
Robinson and Danny Kustow believe "Bully for You" inspired " Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" by Pink Floyd, with whom the band shared a manager and label. "There's no question 'We don't need no aggravation' was in the air around Roger Waters", said the former. "The truth of it is that I had a really good idea for a chorus and we didn't make the most of it. If 'Bully for You' had started with, 'We don't need no aggravation,' how much better would it have been? Roger's skills as a writer were far more developed than my own. He put a great idea to better use, so fair play to him."