The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Fourplay (without Alex Harvey) (1977)
Tracklist front / back album covers
"Smouldering" (Hugh McKenna, Chris Glen) – 5:30
"Chase It into The Night" (H. McKenna, Zal Cleminson) – 5:28
"Shake Your Way to Heaven" (Cleminson) – 5:09
"Outer Boogie" (Ted McKenna, H. McKenna, Glen, Cleminson) – 5:00
"Big Boy" (Cleminson) – 4:54
"Pick It Up and Kick It" (H. McKenna, Cleminson) – 4:25
"Love You For a Life Time" (H. McKenna) – 5:09
"Too Much American Pie" (T. McKenna, H. McKenna, Glen, Cleminson) – 6:16
Sensational Alex Harvey Band Members / Musicians (without Alex)
Hugh McKenna – keyboards, lead vocals
Chris Glen – bass guitar
Ted McKenna – drums, vocals on track 4
Zal Cleminson – guitar, vocals on track 5
John Punter – co-producer, engineer
Geoff Halpin – design
Roger Stowell, Steve Joester – photography
Mike Doud – art direction
Fourplay is the 7th studio album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, and the first of the group's albums to be made without Alex Harvey: the band was identified as "SAHB (Without Alex)" on the album cover. Harvey had quit the group and was producing another album called Alex Harvey Presents: The Loch Ness Monster at the time. Most of the group had recorded two albums under the name Tear Gas in the early 70s, and John Neil Munro states in his 2002 book The Sensational Alex Harvey that they had been planning to record without Harvey for at least a year prior to the split. Harvey helped to select songs for the album and contributed some production assistance. Some songs, such as 'Smouldering' and 'Outer Boogie' had been road-tested by the group during portions of shows for their 1976 tour of Europe during which Harvey was required to rest.
