Road Food is an album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 released in 1974

1974 in music

-January–April:*January 3 – Bob Dylan and The Band kick off their 40-date concert tour at Chicago Stadium. It's Dylan's first time on the road since 1966.*January 17...

 by the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 rock band The Guess Who

The Guess Who

The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, they also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land"...

. The song "Clap for the Wolfman" is an ode to disc jockey

Disc jockey

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 Wolfman Jack

Wolfman Jack

Robert Weston Smith, known commonly as Wolfman Jack was a gravelly voiced US disc jockey who became famous in the 1960s and 1970s.-Early career:...

.

A Quadraphonc mix was available on both vinyl and Quadraphonic 8-track tape formats.

On its first CD issuing, the side two tracks precede the side one tracks.
(i.e., "Clap for the Wolfman", "Pleasin' for Reason", "Road Food", and "Ballad of the Last Five Years" are tracks 1, 2, 3, and 4).

All compositions by Burton Cummings unless otherwise noted.

Track listing

1. "Star Baby
   Star Baby
   Star Baby was a 1974 hit by The Guess Who. It was written by Burton Cummings, who also provided the lead vocals. It reached #39 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #30 on the Cash Box chart, but made it up to #9 in Canada, where the group is from...
   
   " - 2:38
2. "Attila's Blues" - 4:54 (Cummings, Wallace, Winter, McDougall, Peterson)
3. "Straighten Out" - 2:22 (Cummings, Wallace)
4. "Don't You Want Me" - 2:20
5. "One Way Road to Hell" - 5:26 (Cummings, Wallace)
6. "Clap for the Wolfman" - 4:15 (Cummings, Wallace, Winter)
7. "Pleasin' for Reason" - 3:17 (McDougall, Cummings)
8. "Road Food" - 3:39 (Wallace, Cummings)
9. "Ballad of the Last Five Years" - 7:14

Singles

1. "Star Baby
   Star Baby
   Star Baby was a 1974 hit by The Guess Who. It was written by Burton Cummings, who also provided the lead vocals. It reached #39 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #30 on the Cash Box chart, but made it up to #9 in Canada, where the group is from...
   
   "/"Musicione" (#9 Can., #39 U.S.)
2. "Clap for the Wolfman"/"Road Food" (#4 Can., #6 U.S.)

Personnel

• Burton Cummings
  Burton Cummings
  Burton L. Cummings, OC, OM is a Canadian musician and songwriter.He was the lead singer and frequent keyboardist for the Canadian rock band The Guess Who...
  
  : Lead vocals & keyboards
• Kurt Winter
  Kurt Winter
  Kurt Winter was a Canadian guitarist and songwriter, best known as a member of The Guess Who.After starting his career with Winnipeg bands The Fifth, Gettysbyrg Address, and Brother, Winter joined The Guess Who in May 1970, along with co-guitarist Greg Leskiw, replacing Randy Bachman...
  
  : Guitar
• Don McDougall
  Donnie McDougall
  Donnie "Don" McDougall is a guitarist who joined The Guess Who in 1972, replacing Greg Leskiw who moved on to a solo career. His first album performance was on the record Live At The Paramount, recorded in Seattle, Washington. McDougall sang "Glace Bay Blues" on that album...
  
  : Guitar
• Bill Wallace: Bass
• Garry Peterson
  Garry Peterson
  Garry Peterson is a Canadian drummer who has been a long-term member of the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. Along with Randy Bachman, he has also recorded and toured with another Canadian rock band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive.-Biography:...
  
  : Drums