ATCO Records
1970
Guitar – Mike Pinera
Organ, Piano – Skip Konte
Bass – Malcolm Jones (7)
Drums – Manuel Bertematti
Percussion – Joe Lala
Tracklist
A1 Love Is The Answer 2:30
A2 Running The Water 2:37
A3 Clean Love 7:40
A4 La Bamba 2:30
A5 Consuelate 1:00
B1 Ride Captain Ride 2:55
B2 Pay My Dues 3:40
B3 Fugue U 0:50
B4 Parchman Farm 2:50
B5 Wrath Of Daisey 1:10
B6 Take Me 7:33
Blues Image’s second album was their most successful, in large part because of the inclusion of their huge hit single “Ride Captain Ride.” The rest of the record, however, shows them to be a band in search of a more individual voice, borrowing heavily as it does from Jimi Hendrix (“Love Is the Answer,” “Pay My Dues”), Creedence Clearwater Revival (“Running the Water”), any number of average blues-rock bands (“Clean Love”), and the Latin-rock fusion of Santana (“La Bamba,” “Consuelate,” and the instrumental “Wrath of Daisey”). Those familiar only with “Ride Captain Ride” might be surprised at the band’s versatility, which took in blues, Latin, and hard rock, though not in as even or striking a mixture as, say, Santana. It’s a pedestrian form of versatility, though, with none of the other songs possessing the pop hooks of “Ride Captain Ride.” (Review by Richie Unterberger)