Go For The Throat

POLYDOR, 1981

The second of two forgettable 80s ‘comeback’ albums, this one featuring ‘heavy’ covers of the old Elvis hit All Shook Up (where Marriot suffered the indignity of coming off second-best to the much earlier Rod Stewart version as recorded with the Jeff Beck Group) and the old Small Faces hit Tin Soldier (where he suffered the even greater indignity of coming off second-best to his younger self). The cash-in tour that followed sold so badly it was cancelled, and Humble Pie called it a day for the last time. A sad ending to a once great British band. Not least as it’s easy to imagine them having made a successful comeback now.