Spooky Two is the second album released by Spooky Tooth

Spooky Tooth

Spooky Tooth are an English rock band principally active, with intermittent breakups, between 1967 to 1974. In recent years, the band has been reconstituted at various points, and continues to perform occasionally.-Career:...

. It was released on Island Records

Island Records

Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...

 in 1969 (licensed to A&M in the USA). According to one reviewer, "Spooky Two is this British blues-rock band's pièce de résistance

Pièce de résistance

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. All eight of the tracks compound free-styled rock and loose-fitting guitar playing, resulting in some fantastic raw music. ...their smooth, relaxed tempos and riffs mirrored bands like Savoy Brown

Savoy Brown

Savoy Brown, originally known as the Savoy Brown Blues Band, are a British blues rock band, formed in 1965, in Battersea, South West London...

 and, at times, even the Yardbirds

The Yardbirds

- Current :* Chris Dreja - rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Jim McCarty - drums, backing vocals * Ben King - lead guitar * David Smale - bass, backing vocals...

. ...Although Spooky Tooth lasted about seven years, their other albums never really contained the same passion or talented collaborating by each individual musician as Spooky Two."

Track listing

1. "Waitin' for the Wind" 3:27 (Grosvenor, Harrison, Wright)
2. "Feelin' Bad" 3:47 (Kellie, Wright)
3. "I've Got Enough Heartaches" 4:32 (Kellie, Wright)
4. "Evil Woman" 9:33 (Weiss)
5. "Lost in My Dream" 4:42 (Wright)
6. "That Was Only Yesterday" 4:02 (Wright)
7. "Better By You, Better Than Me
   Better By You, Better Than Me
   "Better By You, Better Than Me" is a 1969 song by the band Spooky Tooth which was covered in 1978 by Judas Priest.The song was the subject of the much-publicized 1990 "subliminal message trial" in which Judas Priest was involved in a civil action that alleged they were responsible for the suicide...
   
   " 4:12 (Wright)
8. "Hangman Hang My Shell on a Tree" 5:15 (Wright)

Personnel

• Luther Grosvenor
  Luther Grosvenor
  Luther James Grosvenor is an English rock musician, who played guitar in Spooky Tooth, briefly in Stealers Wheel and, under the pseudonym "Ariel Bender", in Mott the Hoople and Widowmaker....
  
   Guitar
• Mike Harrison
  Mike Harrison (musician)
  Mike Harrison is an English musician, most notable as a principal lead singer of Spooky Tooth and as a solo artist. He has also been the lead singer in the The V.I.P.'s, Art and the Hamburg Blues Band, among others...
  
   Keyboards, Vocals
• Mike Kellie
  Mike Kellie
  Mike Kellie is an English drummer. Most notably, he has played in Spooky Tooth and The Only Ones. Kellie has also played with Peter Frampton and in various bands with Chris Wood....
  
   Drums
• Greg Ridley
  Greg Ridley
  Alfred Gregory 'Greg' Ridley was one of the more visible rock bassists in England, and a founding member of the successful rock band Humble Pie...
  
   Bass, Guitar
• Gary Wright
  Gary Wright
  Gary Malcolm Wright is an American musician, best known for his song, "Dream Weaver". He was the piano player on Harry Nilsson's version of "Without You".-Early life:...
  
  Keyboards, Vocals