|
"Roll the Dice" is a single by British singer-songwriter Steve Harley, released as the lead single from his first solo album ''Hobo with a Grin'' in 1978. It would be the first of two singles to be released from the album. ==Background== "Roll the Dice" was written by Harley and guitarist Jo Partridge, who was in Harley's band Cockney Rebel from 1976-1977. It was produced by Michael J. Jackson, although the rest of the ''Hobo with a Grin'' album was produced by Harley, with Jackson providing additional production. The single, like the album, was a commercial failure, where it failed to make an appearance on the UK top 100 chart. It was released one week before the album. The song, like the album, was recorded and released following Harley's return from living in America for the past year. In the American newspaper The Denver Post, a 1978 article/interview with Harley was published, written by G. Brown. In the article, Harley is quoted about his feelings on the commercial sound of the "Roll the Dice" song, with the article stating ''"He disdains its commercial potential in private, saying "It's 'poppy,' with that Fleetwood Mac-ish shuffle."'' Harley is quoted ''"'Catchy' is not a good thing in this country. The more AM radio I hear, the more convinced I am that the goal is to bore."'' The song, like the entire ''Hobo with a Grin'' album was either recorded at Sunset Sound, EMI Studio/Abbey Road or Record Plant in Los Angeles. Any remixing or additional recording was done in Los Angeles as well, whilst the song and the album was mixed at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roll the Dice (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|