Street Action

Street Action is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO), released in 1978. It was the first BTO album released after the 1977 departure of co-founder Randy Bachman, strangely the band replaced him with bassist/vocalist Jim Clench who played befors with canadian band April Wine. Fred Turner, who played bass on all previous BTO releases, moved to rhythm guitar, and he shared lead vocal duties with Clench. Street Action had a distinctively heavier sound than the previous two BTO studio albums (Head On and Freeways). This was pointed out in a Mark After Dark interview with BTO drummer Robbie Bachman:

Mark: "The two albums that followed Randy's departure ... I always thought these albums were underrated and really excellent. Both of those albums had a heavier approach. Were you aiming those albums at a younger and more Heavy Metal oriented audience?"
Robbie: "We were aiming at our old BTO audience! They might sound different, because Randy kept putting his pop stuff on us. When those two albums with Jim Clench came out, that was always the direction that we wanted to go in. If you look at the Blair Thornton, Robin Bachman and Fred Turner songs on the [earlier] BTO albums, that's the same sound."[2]
Street Action
Studio album by
Bachman–Turner Overdrive
ReleasedFebruary 1978
GenreRock, hard rock
Length40:00
LabelMercury
ProducerBTO
Bachman–Turner Overdrive chronology
Freeways
(1977)		 Street Action
(1978)		 Rock n' Roll Nights
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

This album was reissued in 2016 as part of the Bachman-Turner Overdrive Classic Albums Box Set.

Track listing

(All songs by Clench, Thornton, Turner and Robbie Bachman)

  1. "I'm in Love" – 3:52 (lead vocal: C.F. Turner)
  2. "Down the Road" – 4:03 (lead vocal: Jim Clench)
  3. "Takes a Lot of People" – 4:06 (lead vocal: Turner)
  4. "A Long Time for a Little While" – 3:52 (lead vocal: Clench)
  5. "Street Action" – 4:16 (lead vocal: Turner)
  6. "For Love" – 4:39 (lead vocal: Turner)
  7. "Madison Avenue" – 6:01 (lead vocal: Turner)
  8. "You're Gonna Miss Me" – 4:07 (lead vocal: Clench)
  9. "The World Is Waiting for a Love Song" – 5:04 (lead vocal: Turner)

Personnel

with:

Production
  • Engineer: Rolf Henneman
  • Assistant engineer: Jeff Tolman
  • Art direction: James OMara
  • Photography: James OMara

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1978 Pop Albums 130

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Mark After Dark" interview with Robbie Bachman
  3. "B.T.O. - Street Action". discogs.com. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
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