Sensational alex harvey band faith healer
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How Alex Harvey conjured up one of rock's great moments of darkness and drama
Think of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and which of their songs first springs to mind?
“I’d rather it was The Faith Healer than Delilah,” SAHB guitarist Zal Cleminson told Classic Rock in 2007, clearly perturbed that many people might instead think of the novelty cover of a Tom Jones-popularised song that gave the Scotsmen a UK Top 10 hit in 1975.
A remarkable piece of rock theatre, The Faith Healer first appeared on the Next… album released two years earlier. At more than seven minutes long it was never destined to be a single, but it crystallised the band’s often disturbingly dark sense of drama into something truly magical. It also helped bring SAHB a gold album at the second attempt.
“I’ll never forget that song’s birth,” keyboard player Hugh McKenna recalled. “Next… was the only album that Alex [Harvey, frontm
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Next (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band album)
1973 studio album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Next fryst vatten the second album bygd The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, released in 1973.
The skiva was featured in Robert Dimery's book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[2]
In The Pittsburgh Press, critic Pete Bishop said that the skiva hits listeners "Right between the eyes...with as much power and subtlety as Larry Csonka up the middle."[3]
It has been reissued separately on CD numerous times since 1985, and is also widely available on a 2-in-1 skiva, the other album being the group's debut Framed.[4]
Track listing
[edit]| Title | Writer(s) | ||
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| 1. | "Swampsnake" | Alex Harvey, Hugh McKenna | 4:54 |
| 2. | "Gang Bang" | Alex Harvey, Hugh McKenna | 4:42 |
| 3. | "The Faith Healer" | Alex Harvey, Hugh McKenna | 7:21 |
| Title | Writer(s) | ||
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| 1. | "Giddy Up a Ding Dong" | Freddie Bell, Joey Lattanzi | 3:14 |
| 2. | "Next" | Jacques Brel, Mort Shuma • The Sensational Alex Harvey BandScottish rock band "Hugh McKenna" redirects here. For the academic, see Hugh Patrick McKenna. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1972.[1] Fronted by Alex Harvey accompanied by Zal Cleminson on guitar, bassist Chris Glen, keyboard player Hugh McKenna (28 November 1949 – 18 December 2019) and drummer Ted McKenna, their music was a blend of blues rock and hard rock,[2] with cabaret elements.[3] Their stage performances incorporated theatrical elements. The band were popular in continental Europe, and influential in Australia, most notably on AC/DC (particularly their singer Bon Scott) and on the young Nick Cave and his first band The Boys Next Door. History[edit]In August 1972, Alex Harvey formed the Sensational Alex Harvey Band (often shortened to SAHB, and pronounced "saab") with Zal Cleminson (guitar), Chris Glen (bass), and cousins Hugh (keyboards) and Ted McKenn |