Road Food


Road Food is the twelfth studio album by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. It was originally released by RCA Records in 1974. It was the last album by the group to feature guitarists Kurt Winter and Donnie McDougall.

Release history

In addition to the usual 2 channel stereo version the album was also released by RCA in a 4 channel quadraphonic version on both LP and 8-track tape. The quad LP version was released using the Quadradisc system.
On the first CD issue, the songs from side two of the original album were switched with the songs from side one. This means that it begins with "Clap for the Wolfman", rather than "Star Baby".
The album was reissued on CD in 2012 by Iconoclassic with 2 bonus tracks.
In 2018 the album was reissued again in the UK by Dutton Vocalion on the Super Audio CD format. This disc is a 2 albums on 1 disc compilation which also contains the 1973 album #10. The Dutton Vocalion release contains the complete stereo and quad versions of both albums.

Track listing

All songs written by Burton Cummings except noted.
;Side one
  1. "Star Baby" – 2:38
  2. "Attila's Blues" – 4:54
  3. "Straighten Out" – 2:22
  4. "Don't You Want Me" – 2:20
  5. "One Way Road to Hell" – 5:26
;Side two
  2. "Clap for the Wolfman" – 4:15
  3. "Pleasin' for Reason" – 3:17
  4. "Road Food" – 3:39
  5. "Ballad of the Last Five Years" – 7:15
;2012 Iconoclassic Remaster Bonus Tracks:
  2. "Sona Sona"
  3. "One Way Road to Hell"

    Personnel

;The Guess Who
;Additional personnel
Album
YearChartPeak Position
1974Billboard 20060

Singles
YearSingleChartPosition
1974"Star Baby"Canada9
1974"Star Baby"Australia95
1974"Star Baby"Billboard Hot 10039
1974"Clap for the Wolfman"Canada4
1974"Clap for the Wolfman"Australia39
1974"Clap for the Wolfman"Billboard Hot 1006