The Penthouse Tapes | ||||
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Released | March 1976 | |||
Recorded | 1975 | |||
Studio | Basing Street, London | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 38:42 | |||
Label | Vertigo, 2002 CD reissue released on Universal International | |||
Producer | The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, David Batchelor | |||
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Singles from The Penthouse Tapes | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
The Penthouse Tapes is the fifth studio album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. Unlike previous releases comprising predominantly original compositions.The Penthouse Tapes consists largely of covers, ranging from The Osmonds' " Crazy Horses" and Alice Cooper's " School's Out" to Lead Belly's " Goodnight Irene". [1] Of the three originals, "I Wanna Have You Back" (written by Harvey with Zal Cleminson) and "Jungle Jenny" (by the band with producer David Batchelor) open side one; a third, "Say You're Mine", was written by Alex Harvey and appears on side two. The album was released in 1976 on Vertigo Records.
Side two of the original vinyl version begins with "Goodnight Irene".
Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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Finnish Albums ( The Official Finnish Charts) [2] | 3 |
Swedish Albums ( Sverigetopplistan) [3] | 35 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [4] | 14 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom ( BPI) [5] | Silver | 60,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |