Split Ends (album)

Split Ends
Split Ends
Compilation album by the Move
Released	December 1972
Genre	Power pop; psychedelic pop;
Label	United Artists
Producer	Roy Wood; Jeff Lynne;
The Move chronology

Split Ends is an LP album by English rock band The Move, released in 1972 by United Artists.^[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Do Ya"	Jeff Lynne	Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne	4:03
2.	"Message from the Country"	Lynne	Jeff Lynne	4:50
3.	"Chinatown"	Roy Wood	Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne	3:06
4.	"The Minister"	Lynne	Jeff Lynne	4:33
5.	"The Words of Aaron"	Lynne	Jeff Lynne	5:31
6.	"Down on the Bay"	Lynne	Jeff Lynne	4:14

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
6.	"California Man"	Wood	Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne	3:35
7.	"No Time"	Lynne	Jeff Lynne	3:44
8.	"Ella James"	Wood	Roy Wood	3:16
9.	"It Wasn't My Idea To Dance"	Wood	Roy Wood	5:29
10.	"Until Your Mama's Gone"	Wood	Roy Wood	5:04
11.	"Tonight"	Wood	Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne	3:17

According to Richie Unterberger, Split Ends is a more improved version of the band's previous album, Message from the Country, with many of the weak songs being replaced by some of the band's singles.^[3]^[5] The single Do Ya, released in this album,^[4] was rated as "single of the year" by the Country Music Association Awards.

Roy Wood - oboes, guitars, recorders, steel guitar, bass, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, vocals^[6]
Jeff Lynne – guitars, vocals, piano, electric piano, percussion^[6]
Bev Bevan – drums, percussion, vocals^[6]

^ "Vinyl Album: The Move – Split Ends (1972)". 45worlds. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "Jeff Lynne Song Database – Song Details". Jeff Lynne Songs. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Split Ends – The Move | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: Album: The Move: Split Ends". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2002). All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 772. ISBN 978-0-87930-653-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c Nielsen, Ken Stavensoe (6 August 2022). "THE MOVE, 12": Split ends". www.10538overture.dk. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

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Bev Bevan Roy Wood Carl Wayne Trevor Burton Ace Kefford Rick Price Jeff Lynne Phil Tree Neil Lockwood Phil Bates Gordon Healer Abby Brant Tony Kelsey
Studio albums	Move Shazam Looking On Message from the Country
Live albums	Something Else from The Move
Singles	"Night of Fear" "I Can Hear the Grass Grow" "Flowers in the Rain" "Cherry Blossom Clinic" (cancelled) "Fire Brigade" "Wild Tiger Woman" "Blackberry Way" "Curly" "Brontosaurus" "When Alice Comes Back to the Farm "Tonight" "Chinatown" "California Man" "Do Ya"
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