Mother's Choice is the fourth album for Australian proto-Heavy Metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Buffalo

Buffalo (band)

Buffalo was an early heavy metal band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1971. The band left a legacy with Australia's heavy metal, pub rock and alternative rock movements. The band had evolved from the Brisbane blues-rock outfit Head, which was originally formed in 1968 by Dave Tice and Peter Wells...

, recorded during 1975 and 1976 and originally released in 1976 by Vertigo Records

Vertigo Records

Vertigo Records today is a UK-based record label operated by Universal Music UK.-History:Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the late 1960s for its record sub-label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI with Harvest Records and Decca Records with Deram...

. After the dismissal of founding guitarist John Baxter at the end of 1974, the band underwent both a major line up change, and a shift towards more commercially oriented hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 in a desperate bid to attain greater radio airplay (which had eluded them up to this point) and mainstream acceptance. However, Mother's Choice received a backlash both critically and commercially.

Also in contrast to Volcanic Rock

Volcanic rock

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and Only Want You For Your Body

Only Want You For Your Body

Only Want You For Your Body is the third album for Australian proto-metal band Buffalo, recorded and originally released in 1974 on the Vertigo label. A far more structured and polished release than the previous album Volcanic Rock, Only Want You For Your Body was conversely a much harder and...

, the artwork Mother's Choice was overtly conservative. Whilst partly a result of the band striving for mainstream appeal, it was also partly in reaction to the management of Phonogram Records

Phonogram Records

Phonogram Records was started in 1962 as a joint venture between Philips Records and Deutsche Grammophon. In 1972, Phonogram was merged with Polydor Records into PolyGram....

 (parent company to the Vertigo

Vertigo Records

Vertigo Records today is a UK-based record label operated by Universal Music UK.-History:Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the late 1960s for its record sub-label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI with Harvest Records and Decca Records with Deram...

 label) objecting to two working titles for the album - Songs For The Frustrated Housewife and Thieves, Punks, Rip-Offs & Liars.

The album was remastered and reissued in December 2006 by Australian record label Aztec Music on CD

Compact Disc

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 with additional tracks.

Track listing

all tracks written by Dave Tice and Karl Taylor except where noted

1. Long Time Gone
2. Honey Babe
3. Taste It Don't Waste It
4. Little Queenie (Chuck Berry
   Chuck Berry
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   ) - (cover)
5. Lucky (Norm Roue)
6. Essukay (Buffalo)
7. Sweet Little Sixteen
   Sweet Little Sixteen
   "Sweet Little Sixteen" is a rock and roll song written and originally performed by Chuck Berry, who released it as a single in January 1958. It reached number two on the American charts, Berry's highest position ever on the charts, with the exception of the suggestive number one hit "My...
   
    (Chuck Berry
   Chuck Berry
   Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...
   
   ) - (cover)
8. Be Alright
9. The Girl Can't Help It
   The Girl Can't Help It
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    (Bobby Troup
   Bobby Troup
   Robert William "Bobby" Troup Jr. was an American actor, jazz pianist and songwriter. He is best known for writing the popular standard " Route 66", and for his role as Dr...
   
   ) - (cover - B-side to "Little Queenie" single
   Single (music)
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   )*
10. On My Way - (B-side to "Lucky" single
    Single (music)
    In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
    
    )*

* Bonus tracks on the 2006 Aztec Music reissue

Line Up

Dave Tice - lead vocals

Peter Wells - bass

Bass guitar

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Karl Taylor - guitar

Guitar

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Jimmy Econoumou - drums

Drum kit

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Norm Roue - slide guitar

Slide guitar

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 (except tracks 3 & 7)

Mark Simmonds

Mark Simmonds

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 - saxophone

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

(track 7 only)