Activate (album)

Activate
Studio album by Back Door
Released 1976 (1976)
Genre Jazz fusion
Length 36:11
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Carl Palmer
Back Door chronology
Another Fine Mess
(1975)		 Activate
(1976)		 The Human Bed
(2002)

Activate is the fourth studio album by Back Door, released in 1976 by Warner Bros. Records.[1] It was produced by Carl Palmer, known for his drumming in the bands Atomic Rooster and ELP. Original member Tony Hicks had left the band before recording the album and had been replaced by Adrian Tilbrook on drums. After the release of Activate, the band played less and less together, and eventually broke up around 1977.[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ron Aspery and Colin Hodgkinson, except "Thru the Zig Zag Gate", "Train Won't Blow" and "Eliminate" co-written with Adrian Tilbrook. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "You Got Evil"   3:40
2. "Thru the Zig Zag Gate"   2:47
3. "Train Won't Blow"   6:48
4. "Dragonfly"   2:41
5. "Eliminate"   3:07
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Speedwalker"   4:50
2. "Roll On"   2:12
3. "Moon Mad Woman"   5:46
4. "Cryin' Inside"   4:20

Personnel

Adapted from the Another Fine Mess liner notes.[3]

Back Door
Production and additional personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 1976 Warner Bros. LP K 56243

References

  1. ↑ "Back Door: Activate > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Collins, Paul. "Back Door". Allmusic. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ Another Fine Mess (sleeve). Back Door. Burbank, California: Warner Bros. Records. 1975.

External links

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Compilation albums
Albums Category
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