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Rock On is the fourth album by the English rock group Humble Pie, released in March 1971. It reached #118 on the Billboard 200. It is the last Humble Pie studio album to feature guitarist/singer Peter Frampton, who left the band towards the end of the year.
ROCK · 1971. Preview. Humble Pie’s fourth album (and last to feature guitarist Peter Frampton) is a winning amalgam of junky Stones riffs, Stax-styled soul, Band-esque country, and Zeppelin’s dirty-white-boy blues. The pure sex and strut of “79th and Sunset” capture said influences in all of three minutes—remarkable considering the ...
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Sep 13, 2021 · This album seems to encapsulate everything Humble Pie was about, but not too much or too little of one thing. Here you have the mix of blazing up tempo rockers; Stone Cold Fever and Rollin’ Stone, the acoustic-y A Song For Jenny, the sax-infused Big George, and the boogie of the album closer Red Neck Jump.
- ‘30 Days in the Hole’ From: ‘Smokin’’ (1972) Speaking of frequently covered songs, "30 Days in the Hole" ranks with Humble Pie’s most oft-revisited tracks since it was first unveiled as the second-side opener on 1972’s Smokin’ LP.
- ‘Stone Cold Fever’ From: ‘Rock On’ (1971) In a catalog filled to bursting with killer rough-and-tumble guitar riffs, "Stone Cold Fever" may just boast the greatest six-string kick in the teeth Humble Pie ever landed.
- ‘I Don’t Need No Doctor’ From: ‘Performance – Rocking the Fillmore’ (1971) Rock history isn’t exactly littered with cover versions that became more definitive than the originals (though Joe Cocker’s “With a Little Help From My Friends” comes to mind), but Humble Pie delivered scores of them.
- ‘Natural Born Bugie’ Single (1969) Humble Pie’s first single already offered a tantalizing taste of things to come, immediately showing the potential of this supergroup assembled from former members of the Small Faces (Marriott), the Herd (Frampton) and Spooky Tooth (Greg Ridley) – each of whom took a verse on this song.
Also in 1971, Humble Pie released their most successful record to date, Rock On, as well as a live album recorded at the Fillmore East in New York entitled Performance Rockin' the Fillmore. The live album reached No. 21 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the RIAA .
Rock On by Humble Pie released in 1971. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
