Cracking Under Pressure
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Cracking Under Pressure is a studio album by the Iron City Houserockers
. Cracking Under Pressure was the Iron City Houserockers
' fourth and final album under the moniker (changed slightly) and also their final album released under MCA. Veterans Ned E. Rankin and Marc Reisman had left the band and in their place was heavy keyboards and synthesizers, as was the style at the time. Also unlike previous albums, Cracking Under Pressure included several cover songs: "Loving Cup" by Earth Quake
and "Hit the Road Jack" by Percy Mayfield
. The songs "Angels", "Cracking Under Pressure", and "There'll Never be Enough Time" have appeared on several later compilations (and an acoustic version of "Never Be Enough Time" appeared on Grushecky's mid-nineties solo album, "American Babylon"), most of the rest of this album is absent from later CDs and live shows. The band was dropped from MCA Records two days after the album was released, and six months after that - in June 1984 - the band broke up. When the band resurfaced years later it would go by Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers. The album has never been issued on CD. As of October 2009, Cracking Under Pressure is available for purchase from Joe Grushecky's website in 128kbps MP3 format, including as a bonus track the 1984 single Goodbye Steeltown that was previously only released in CD format on Pumping Iron & Sweating Steel: The Best of the Iron City Houserockers
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Iron City Houserockers
The Iron City Houserockers were an American rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, led by singer/guitarist Joe Grushecky, that existed from 1976 until 1984...
. Cracking Under Pressure was the Iron City Houserockers
Iron City Houserockers
The Iron City Houserockers were an American rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, led by singer/guitarist Joe Grushecky, that existed from 1976 until 1984...
' fourth and final album under the moniker (changed slightly) and also their final album released under MCA. Veterans Ned E. Rankin and Marc Reisman had left the band and in their place was heavy keyboards and synthesizers, as was the style at the time. Also unlike previous albums, Cracking Under Pressure included several cover songs: "Loving Cup" by Earth Quake
Earth Quake (band)
Earth Quake was an American rock and power pop band, formed in the San Francisco area in 1966, who released several albums in the 1970s, mostly on Beserkley Records, a company which they were involved in setting up.-Band members:*John Doukas...
and "Hit the Road Jack" by Percy Mayfield
Percy Mayfield
Percy Mayfield was an American songwriter famous for the songs "Hit the Road Jack" and "Please Send Me Someone to Love", as well as a successful rhythm and blues artist known for his smooth vocal style.-Career:...
. The songs "Angels", "Cracking Under Pressure", and "There'll Never be Enough Time" have appeared on several later compilations (and an acoustic version of "Never Be Enough Time" appeared on Grushecky's mid-nineties solo album, "American Babylon"), most of the rest of this album is absent from later CDs and live shows. The band was dropped from MCA Records two days after the album was released, and six months after that - in June 1984 - the band broke up. When the band resurfaced years later it would go by Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers. The album has never been issued on CD. As of October 2009, Cracking Under Pressure is available for purchase from Joe Grushecky's website in 128kbps MP3 format, including as a bonus track the 1984 single Goodbye Steeltown that was previously only released in CD format on Pumping Iron & Sweating Steel: The Best of the Iron City Houserockers
Pumping Iron & Sweating Steel: The Best of the Iron City Houserockers
Pumping Iron & Sweating Steel: The Best of the Iron City Houserockers is a compilation album by the Iron City Houserockers. Released in 1992 under Rhino Records, it was at that time the only Iron City Houserockers material available on compact disc Pumping Iron & Sweating Steel: The Best of the...
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Track listing
- "Rock and Roll Heart" (Eddie Britt, Joe Grushecky, Art Nardini) - 3:16
- "Loving Cup" (Ken Laguna, Earthquake) - 3:29
- "Angels" (Eddie Britt, Joe Grushecky) - 3:36
- "Hit the Road JackHit the Road Jack"Hit the Road Jack" is a song written by rhythm and bluesman Percy Mayfield and first recorded in 1960 as an a capella demo sent to Art Rupe, available on the Memory Pain CD vol. 2, Specialty Records SPCD-7027-2. It became famous after it was recorded by singer-pianist Ray Charles. It hit number...
" (Percy MayfieldPercy MayfieldPercy Mayfield was an American songwriter famous for the songs "Hit the Road Jack" and "Please Send Me Someone to Love", as well as a successful rhythm and blues artist known for his smooth vocal style.-Career:...
) - 3:12 - "American Son" (Joe Grushecky) - 3:53
- "Girl Problems" (Joe Grushecky) - 3:36
- "Cracking Under Pressure" (Eddie Britt, Joe Grushecky, Art Nardini) - 4:50
- "Breaking Point" (Eddie Britt, Joe Grushecky) - 3:37
- "Soul Rockin'" (Joe Grushecky) - 3:13
- "I Should've Never Let You Go" (Joe Grushecky) - 3:55
- "There'll Never be Enough Time" (Joe Grushecky) - 4:46
Personnel
- Joe GrusheckyJoe GrusheckyJoe Grushecky is an American rock musician known for his work with the Iron City Houserockers in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and for his works since the late the 1980s with his act Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers and his solo career...
- lead vocal, guitar - Eddie Britt - lead guitar (credited as Eddy Britt)
- Art Nardini - bass
- Gil Snyder - keyboards
- Ron Foster - drums