Not Fragile

Bto - Not Fragile

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Artist: Bto
Brand: BTO
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1989-07-03
Music Label: Island / Mercury
Soundtracks:

Not Fragile
Rock Is My Life, And This Is My Song
Roll On Down The Highway
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Free Wheelin'
Sledgehammer
Blue Moanin'
Second Hand
Givin' It All Away

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Hit: 5 Stars

My first exposure to this album was hearing "Roll On Down The Highway" and "Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" on my dad's 8=track player in his '63 Chevy pickup when I was 4. OK the album was already out a couple years by this point but as I sat on the passenger end of the bench seat (before the Safety Police demanded seat belts and kiddie seats) I could see the 1970s/80s Mercury Records logo on the cartridge label and it looked like a smokestack on a train! I was instantly impressed, as only a 4-year old train connoisseur could be. I didn't care too much for Fred Turner's voice at the time; he sounded angry, but I let it slide because the rest of it was cool.

Shortly thereafter my dad wanted to listen to Sweet's Desolation Blvd. or Frampton Comes Alive or something, so he pulls out the BTO and I get a look at the cover art with that box full of gears and that pretty much summed it up in my 4-year old mind.I was held mesmerized by the sheer toughness of it; the wooden crate, the gears sticking out the top, and stenciling: NOT FRAGILE.
Keep in mind most people get an impression of what music's supposed to sound like by looking at the album cover and making their purchasing decision based on the visual. I've been burned a few times on that like anyone else, but if this album were to come out today I can almost guarantee that the inside content would match the outside descriptor perfectly. Especially if you're listening to that first song, the title track and studying the cover at the same time.

This album was put together as good as it gets IMO, Great art, good lyrical content, songs that have identity and instantly recognizable riffs, good production. I've read almost everyone above has a fond memory to share, as I've come to acquire the album for my own I find myself agreeing with the previous reviewers who mention how underrated an album this is. This one should be right up there with "where you were when Kennedy got shot" as a landmark album of the 70s, foreshadowing some future Canadian heaviness in the guises of Frank Marino, Triumph, and Rush along the way to boot. (Sorry I didn't find a lot of meat to "April Wine's Greatest Hits" album)

I've recently rediscovered BTO and in particular this album, and I find myself staring at the cover artwork that appears on my Media Player all over again!

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Limited 24kt Gold disc pressing of this 1974 album from the Canadian rockers.

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