Gimme Some Neck is the third solo album by English musician Ron Wood, released in 1979.[1] It was a minor hit and his best performance on the US charts to date, peaking at number 45 on Billboard during a 13-week chart run. The album artwork features illustrations drawn by Wood, with a self-portrait in the center of the front side.

Gimme Some Neck
Studio album by
Released20 April 1979
RecordedJanuary–March 1978 at Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris, France; October–December 1978 at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreRock
LabelColumbia
ProducerRoy Thomas Baker
Ron Wood chronology
Mahoney's Last Stand
(1976)
Gimme Some Neck
(1979)
1234
(1981)

To tour the United States in support of the album, Wood formed the New Barbarians with musicians including Keith Richards, Ian McLagan and Bobby Keys, all of whom contributed to the recording. The Landover concert from this tour was recorded and released as Buried Alive: Live in Maryland in 2006.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[3]
MusicHound Rock     [4]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide     [5]

Newsday wrote that "there is no first-rate rock and roll playing of any kind ... the songs are mostly bland filler."[6]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Ron Wood; except where noted.

Side one
  1. "Worry No More" (Jerry Lynn Williams) – 2:34
  2. "Breakin' My Heart" – 4:17
  3. "Delia" (Traditional) – 0:42
  4. "Buried Alive" – 3:37
  5. "Come to Realise" – 3:52
  6. "Infekshun" – 4:03
Side two
  1. "Seven Days" (Bob Dylan) – 4:10
  2. "We All Get Old" – 4:09
  3. "F.U.C. Her" – 3:15
  4. "Lost and Lonely" – 4:14
  5. "Don't Worry" – 3:26

Personnel

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Technical

  • Geoff Workman – engineer
  • Tony Lane – design
  • Ron Wood – paintings

Charts

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Chart (1979) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 91

Studio and road crew

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  • Royden "Chuch" Magee
  • Gary Schultz
  • Ernest Cain Salgado
  • Johnny Starbuck

References

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  1. ^ Gladstone, Jim (31 August 1989). "Better Together". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. F16.
  2. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Ron Wood Gimme Some Neck". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: W". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 22 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 1246. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  5. ^ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John, eds. (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. New York, NY: Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 557. ISBN 0-394-72107-1.
  6. ^ Robins, Wayne (29 April 1979). "Ron Wood: "Gimme Some Neck'". Part II. Newsday. p. 27.
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 343. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.