''Fat Mattress II'' is the second and final studio album by English rock band

Fat Mattress Fat Mattress were an English rock band that formed in Folkestone in 1968. Founded by guitarist and vocalist Noel Redding, during his time as bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and vocalist Neil Landon, the band was completed by multi-ins ...

, released in 1970.

Reception

Compared with the band's debut self-titled album, ''Fat Mattress II'' was a commercial failure, not appearing in any major record charts. The album was described, in a review for music website

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, by critic Richie Unterberger as "similar to, but also inferior to, their debut." Unterberger went on to suggest that "The songs aren't even up to the debut's modest standard, however, and the lingering feeling is that of a tolerable but fairly anonymous '60s-turning-into-'70s band with a Transatlantic feel."

Track listing

Personnel

;Fat Mattress *

Neil Landon Neil Landon (born Patrick Cahill, 26 July 1941 – 26 March 2020) was an English singer, who has been credited with singing on a number of hits in the UK Singles Chart. In addition, he was a singer and songwriter with the band Fat Mattre ...

– vocals, production * Jimmy Leverton – bass, vocals, production *Eric Dillon – drums, production *Steve Hammond – guitar, production *

Mick Weaver Mick Weaver (born 16 June 1944, Bolton, Lancashire, England) is an English session musician, best known for his playing of the Hammond B3 organ. Career Weaver's band performed as Wynder K. Frog and became popular on the student union and club ...

– keyboards, production ;Additional personnel *

Noel Redding Noel David Redding (25 December 1945 – 11 May 2003) was an English rock musician, best known as the bass player for the Jimi Hendrix Experience and guitarist/singer for Fat Mattress. Following his departure from the Experience in 1969 a ...

– guitar & vocals on tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, & 11 *

George Chkiantz George Chkiantz is a British recording engineer, based in London, who has been responsible for the engineering on a number of well-known albums, many of which are considered classics, owing in part to the quality of the recordings. Career Chkian ...

–

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*Roger Wilkinson – engineering on "The Storm" and "Highway" *

Gered Mankowitz Gered W. Mankowitz (born 3 August 1946) is an English photographer who focused his career in the music industry. He has worked with a range of artists from the Rolling Stones to Jimi Hendrix, and in other divisions of the photography industry, ...

– photography

Release history

References

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External links

* {{Authority control 1970 albums Fat Mattress albums Polydor Records albums Atco Records albums Sanctuary Records albums Esoteric Recordings albums Sequel Records albums Albums produced by Neil Landon