Billy Squier - The Tale Of The Tape (1980) [2006 Rock Candy Remastered]

It takes a brave man to go it alone, in music or in life, and with “Tale Of The Tape” Boston-born Billy Squier showed he had sufficient backbone (and material) to put his own name squarely behind his songs.
Squier spent the late ’70s watching his band Piper rise through the rock ‘n’ roll ranks, but after two albums with them, he knew he needed something more, and by the end of the decade, he’d departed the group’s ranks to begin his solo career.


“The Tale of the Tape” offers a rare glimpse into the early, post-Piper years of Billy Squier. His unique vocals perfectly compliment a stripped-down accompaniment of raw guitars and thundering drums.


“Tale Of The Tape” was the record that established Squier as a singer / songwriter / guitarist of genuine stature, brimming-full of simple, effective and catchy rockers.
The Rock Candy remastering comes with 2 bonus tracks: roughly taped, acoustic tracks of ‘The Music’s All Right’ and ‘Young Girls’, the two last songs on the regular album.


Tracks:

01 – The Big Beat
02 – Calley Oh
03 – Rich Kid
04 – Like I’m Lovin’ You
05 – Who Knows What A Love Can Do
06 – You Should Be High, Love
07 – Who’s Your Boyfriend
08 – The Music’s All Right
09 – Young Girls
BONUS TRACKS:
10 – The Music’s All Right (Original Acoustic Version)
11 – Young Girls (Abbreviated Acoustic Demo)

Personnel:

Billy Squier – Vocals, Guitar, Percussion
Bruce Kulick – Guitar
David Sancious – Keyboards, Synthesizers
Richard T. Bear – Keyboards
Bucky Ballard – Bass
Bobby Chouinard – Drums
Ernest Carter – Percussion