Glam / 7t's
2004
Use Your Imagination
About This Album
In 1975 Mud decided they didn't need to be puppets of the highly successful songwriters/producers Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman any longer. While the duo had written all the band's hits like "Tiger Feet" and "Dynamite," Mud had been penning their own B-sides and felt they could strike out on their own without striking out. Their first self-penned single, "L'L'Lucy," was a hit, reaching number ten, and the album Use Your Imagination reached number 33. Not exactly smashes, but enough to keep the band in the spotlight. The album was a bit of a departure from their previous records, which were loaded with covers of rock classics and seemed nothing more than placeholders between Chinn/Chapman singles. There are only two covers here, a silly reggae take of the Everly Brothers' "Bird Dog" and a rollicking take of Curtis Lee's "Under the Moon of Love" (which later became a hit for Showaddywaddy with a very similar arrangement). The rest are composed by the band or contemporary songwriters and are a mixed bag of glammy rockers and '50s-styled ballads. The rockers fare better, with "R.U. Man Enough," "Don't Knock It," "Hair of the Dog," and "L'L'Lucy" generating loads of energy and excitement.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,5,7 and 10)

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