Shock Treatment
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Album Summary
Shock Treatment came rolling out of Epic Records in 1974, and baby, it arrived with serious intention. The Edgar Winter Group laid this record down hot on the heels of their landmark 1973 album They Only Come Out at Night, riding a wave of momentum that had made Edgar Winter one of the most electrifying figures in American rock. With his extraordinary command of keyboards, saxophone, and just about anything else he could get his hands on, Winter and his group crafted an album that pulled from the deepest wells of blues, soul, and hard rock — the kind of record that sounded like it was built for the FM airwaves that were rewriting the rules of popular music in the early seventies.
Reception
- Shock Treatment earned gold certification in the United States, affirming that the group's audience was very much still with them.
- The album charted on the Billboard 200, sustaining The Edgar Winter Group's commercial presence through the mid-1970s rock landscape.
Significance
- Shock Treatment stands as a prime document of the keyboard-driven blues-rock and fusion sound that was reshaping American rock in the early-to-mid 1970s, with Winter's multi-instrumental virtuosity sitting right at the center of everything.
- The album captured a moment when the lines between rock, soul, and blues were gloriously blurred, and The Edgar Winter Group was one of the most fearless outfits willing to walk all three roads at once.
- Tracks like River's Risin' and Rock & Roll Woman demonstrated the group's ability to move from gritty, swampy blues energy to polished, FM-ready rock without ever losing the emotional core that made Winter's music resonate so deeply.
Tracklist
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A1 Some Kinda Animal —
3:05
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A2 Easy Street —
4:13
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A3 Sundown —
3:25
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A4 Miracle Of Love —
3:38
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A5 Do Like Me —
4:48
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B1 Rock & Roll Woman —
2:49
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B2 Someone Take My Heart Away —
4:08
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B3 Queen Of My Dreams —
2:15
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B4 Maybe Some Day You'll Call My Name —
3:52
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B5 River's Risin' —
3:19
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B6 Animal —
4:53
Artist Details
The Edgar Winter Group burst onto the scene out of Beaumont, Texas in the early 1970s, led by the impossibly talented albino multi-instrumentalist Edgar Winter, a man who could blow your mind on saxophone, keyboards, and just about anything else he picked up. This group laid down some of the heaviest, most electrifying blues-rock and jazz-funk fusion the decade had to offer, and their 1972 smash "Frankenstein" became one of the first instrumental tracks to hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100, cementing their place in rock history as true innovators. The Edgar Winter Group proved that boundary-pushing musicianship and raw, funky soul could live side by side, influencing a generation of artists who understood that real music had no limits.
