It's Only a Movie

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It's Only a Movie
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1973
RecordedSummer 1973
StudioKnowle Hall, Somerset, Olympic Studios, Air Studios
GenreProgressive rock, psychedelic rock
Length39:06
LabelRaft Records (UK), United Artists (US)
ProducerFamily
Family chronology
Bandstand
(1972)
It's Only a Movie
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewA:1[3]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide[4]

It's Only a Movie is the seventh studio album by the British progressive rock band Family, released in 1973, and their last original studio album before they disbanded that year.

Track listing[edit]

All selections by Whitney and Chapman except "Check Out" by Whitney, Chapman and Cregan.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."It's Only a Movie"5:08
2."Leroy"5:43
3."Buffet Tea for Two"5:23
4."Boom Bang"3:06
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Boots 'n' Roots"5:00
6."Banger" (instrumental)3:07
7."Sweet Desiree"3:47
8."Suspicion"3:20
9."Check Out"4:34
  • Note: 2 track timings are incorrectly listed on the original LP label. "Boom Bang" is listed as 3:30 and "Check Out" as 4:45. Above timings are correct.
The CD release on Mystic Records also contains the following bonus tracks:
No.TitleLength
10."Hometown" 
11."Holding the Compass" (live) 
12."The Weaver's Answer" (live) 
13."Dim" (live) 
14."Procession / No Mule's Fool" (live) 

Personnel[edit]

Family
Additional Personnel

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dougan, John (2011). "It's Only a Movie - Family | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 24 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "Review: Family — It's Only a Movie" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 12. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. December 1989. p. 147. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021 – via World Radio History.
  4. ^ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. xiii/136.