100 Ton Chicken is the third studio album by the blues band, Chicken Shack, released in 1969. This album was Paul Raymond's first album as a member of Chicken Shack, replacing Christine Perfect.[2]

100 Ton Chicken
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1969[1]
Recorded19 April – 11 May 1969
StudioMorgan Sound Studios, Willesden, London,
GenreBlues
Length35:28
LabelBlue Horizon
ProducerMike Vernon
Chicken Shack chronology
O.K. Ken?
(1969)
100 Ton Chicken
(1969)
Accept
(1970)

Unlike its predecessors, 40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve and O.K. Ken?, 100 Ton Chicken did not reach the UK Albums Chart.[3] AllMusic noted "Sorry, but this chicken laid a 20-ton rotten egg".[2]

The entire album and the rest of the Chicken Shack sessions on Blue Horizon were made available on the CD compilation Chicken Shack - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2007). Several outtakes from the 100 Ton Chicken sessions were made available for the first time on this compilation. "Smartest Girl in the World" and "Hideaway" were both unpublished outtakes. "The Things You Put Me Through" was also an outtake but it had been released as the B side to the single "Tears in the Wind".

Track listing

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All songs written and composed by Stan Webb, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Road of Love"Clarence Carter3:30
2."Look Ma, I'm Cryin'"Rudy Toombs, Jerry Harris, Windsor King3:25
3."Evelyn" 4:18
4."Reconsider Baby"Lowell Fulson3:25
5."Weekend Love"Clarence Carter2:14
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Midnight Hour"Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown2:55
2."Tears in the Wind" 2:45
3."Horse and Cart" 3:36
4."The Way It Is" 4:29
5."Still Worried About My Woman" 3:12
6."Anji"Davey Graham1:39

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Personnel

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Chicken Shack

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Additional personnel

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Production

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  • Producer – Mike Vernon
  • Engineer – Mike Ross
  • Studio – CBS
  • Photography and design – Terence Ibbott[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). New Musical Express. October 25, 1969. p. 12. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "100 Ton Chicken - Chicken Shack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 104. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. ^ a b "100 Ton Chicken - Chicken Shack | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  5. ^ Vinyl, Music On. "CHICKEN SHACK - 100 TON CHICKEN - Catalog - Music On Vinyl". www.musiconvinyl.com. Retrieved 2016-03-10.