Scraps (album)


Scraps is an album by the rock band NRBQ, released in 1972 on Kama Sutra Records, which also released their next album, Workshop. It is the group's first album with guitarist/vocalist Al Anderson, who would remain with the band for over twenty years. Anderson replaced previous guitarist Ken Sheehan. Anderson was prohibited from singing lead vocals on the album due to an existing contract as a solo artist with Vanguard Records. Frankie Gadler, the group's original vocalist, sings lead on most of the songs, although Joey Spampinato, credited as Jody St. Nicholas, sings on "Only You" featuring the use of a toy piano. A promotional version of the album was released with a different cover, entitled "Changes."

Track listing

  1. "Howard Johnson's Got His Ho-Jo Working" – 3:20
  2. "Magnet" – 3:30
  3. "Don't Knock at My Door" – 2:59
  4. "Tragic Magic" – 1:52
  5. "Only You" – 2:46
  6. "Who Put the Garlic in the Glue?" – 2:01
  7. "Get a Grip" – 4:29
  8. "Boys in the City" – 2:29
  9. "New Tune" – 2:35
  10. "Scraps" – 4:06
  11. "It's Not So Hard" – 2:44
  12. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive/Things Are Getting Better" – 3:15
  13. "Do You Feel It?" – 2:51
  14. "Ain't It All Right" – 2:23
  15. "Just Close Your Eyes and Be Mine Ruby" – 3:18
  16. "Hymn #9" – 1:14
  17. "Trouble at the Henhouse" – 2:13
Note: Tracks 15-17 were not on the original LP; they were first issued on the 2000 CD reissue.

Personnel