Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance is the second solo album recorded by Ronnie Lane, one of the founders of Small Faces and Faces, after he left Faces to live on a farm in Wales. In homage to his perceived chances of commercial success, he named his band Slim Chance. Six of the thirteen songs on this album were originals written by Lane, the rest of Slim Chance, and Lane's wife, Kate Lambert; the remainder were covers, including a new version of the Faces track "Stone".
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| Released | February 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Studio | Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 44:59 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Ronnie Lane | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
| Mojo |  [3] |
| MusicHound | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Track listing edit
- "Little Piece of Nothing" (Ronnie Lane) – 2:23
- "Stone" (Lane) – 4:06
- "Bottle of Brandy" (Joe Isaacs) – 2:46
- "Street Gang" (Lane, Ruan O'Lochlainn, Steve Simpson) – 4:04
- "Anniversary" (Lane) – 2:57
- "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (and Write Myself a Letter)" (music: Fred Ahlert; lyrics: Joe Young) – 2:53
- "I'm Just a Country Boy" (Fred Brooks, Marshall Barer) – 2:42
- "Ain't No Lady" (Lane, Ruan O'Lochlainn, Kate Lambert) – 4:22
- "Blue Monday" (Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew) – 4:07
- "Give Me a Penny" (Lane) – 2:57
- "You Never Can Tell" (Chuck Berry) – 4:31
- "Tin and Tambourine" (Lane, Kate Lambert) – 4:09
- "Single Saddle" (Arthur Altman, Hal David) – 3:02
Personnel edit
- Ronnie Lane – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars
Slim Chance
- Steve Simpson – electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, violin, harmonica
- Ruan O'Lochlainn – piano, organ, soprano, alto and tenor saxophones
- Charlie Hart – piano, organ, accordion, violin
- Brian Belshaw – bass
- Glen LeFleur – drums, percussion (tracks 1-4, 6-9, 11, 13)
Session drummer
- Jim Frank – drums (tracks 5, 10, 12)
Production edit
- Producer: Ronnie Lane
- Recording engineer: John Burns, Ron Fawcus
- Artistic design: Ruan O'Lochlainn
- Photography: Ruan O'Lochlainn
- Liner notes: Sid Griffin
References edit
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: L". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 1 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance". Mojo. February 2004. p. 109.
- ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 404. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
- ^ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John, eds. (1983). The new Rolling stone record guide. New York, NY: Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 288. ISBN 0-394-72107-1.