Nice 'n' Greasy


Nice 'n' Greasy is the fifth studio album by British rock band Atomic Rooster. It is the only album to include John Goodsall on guitars after the departure of Steve Bolton the previous year. The album failed to chart and the band was dropped from Dawn Records which led to Vincent Crane eventually disbanding the band in 1975 after a tour. The band would enter a hiatus until reforming in 1980.
In the US, the record was issued on Elektra in a different sleeve to most territories and retitled Atomic Rooster IV, as their first album, Atomic Roooster, failed to secure a US release. The US album also had a somewhat different track list to the UK version. The German release Nice & Greasy followed the US track listing, but with a phallic art sleeve. It was further reissued in Germany in 1977, this time in yet another new sleeve and retitled This is Atomic Rooster Vol. 2.

Track listing

Original UK version

Side one
  1. "All Across the Country" – 5:10
  2. "Save Me" – 3:14 re-recorded, retitled version of "Friday the 13th"
  3. "Voodoo in You" – 7:04
  4. "Goodbye Planet Earth" – 4:09
Side two
  1. "Take One Toke" – 4:59
  2. "Can't Find a Reason" – 4:34
  3. "Ear in the Snow" – 6:13
  4. "Satan's Wheel" – 6:39

2004 Castle Music CD reissue bonus tracks

  2. "What You Gonna Do?" – 5:23
  3. "Moods" – 4:20 "Can't Find a Reason" single B-side
  4. "The Devil's Answer" – 4:09 live in Milan 1981
  5. "Throw Your Life Away" – 2:49
  6. "Do You Know Who’s Looking for You?" single B-side 1980

Original US / German version

Side one
  1. "All Across the Country" – 5:10
  2. "Save Me" aka "Friday the 13th" – 3:14
  3. "Voodoo in You" – 7:04
  4. "Moods" – 4:20
Side two
  1. "Take One Toke" – 4:59
  2. "Can't Find a Reason" – 4:34
  3. "Ear in the Snow" – 6:13
  4. "What You Gonna Do" – 5:23

Personnel

;Atomic Rooster