Eat It was the decisively-titled Humble Pie album that made its chart debut on March 24, 1973 and progressed into the High 15, throughout a five-month chart run within the US.
The album noticed the British rock band rising ever extra assured and autonomous. A double LP and their seventh studio launch, Eat It was the primary Humble Pie report to be made in Steve Marriott’s new house studio, Clear Sounds, in Essex. The consequence was a set showcasing the group’s influences in an formidable and imaginative method.
Every of the 4 vinyl sides was themed, exhibiting each the present path of Humble Pie, and the place they’d come from. Facet one had them rocking their method by way of 4 new Marriott compositions. On facet two had been R&B covers equivalent to Ike & Tina Turner’s “Black Coffee,” Ray Charles’ “I Believe To My Soul,” and the much-covered soul quantity most likely finest identified by Otis Redding, “That’s How Strong My Love Is.”
Facet three of Eat It was comprised of 4 extra Marriott songs, however this time carried out in acoustic type. The fourth facet was recorded reside, with the band’s personal “Up Our Sleeve” alongside the Rolling Stones cowl “Honky Tonk Women” and Holland-Dozier-Holland’s Motown gem “(I’m A) Road Runner.”
‘Hard rock and blues accompaniment’
“Hard rock and blues accompaniment blend perfectly on this double LP,” mentioned Billboard’s evaluate. “Assisting the British quartet are Clydie King, Venetta Fields and Billie Barnum, whose unison singing acts like horns to the band’s guitar lines.”
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The band led into the album’s launch with some exhibits in Britain, together with one on the London Palladium. However within the week it hit the US chart, they had been on the highway there for intensive touring. That work was augmented by Japanese dates within the spring. The album was on the UK chart for 2 weeks in April 1973, each at No.34. However within the States, after making its debut at No.110, Eat It climbed to No.13 in Might, to grow to be their fourth High 40 album in a row.
