It's Only a Movie

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.

It's Only a Movie
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1973
RecordedSummer 1973
StudioKnowle Hall, Somerset, Olympic Studios, Air Studios
GenreProgressive rock, psychedelic rock
Length38:55
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]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide[3]

Track listing

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

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."It's Only a Movie"5:07
2."Leroy"5:41
3."Buffet Tea for Two"5:19
4."Boom Bang"3:02
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Boots 'n' Roots"5:01
6."Banger" (instrumental)3:06
7."Sweet Desiree"3:47
8."Suspicion"3:22
9."Check Out"4:30

Details taken from cover of vinyl release of 1973.

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

Family
Additional Personnel

References

  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 February 24, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  3. Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. xiii/136.



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