Freeway Madness

Freeway Madness is the sixth album by the English rock band Pretty Things. It was released in late 1972 on Warner Bros. Records.

Freeway Madness
Studio album by Pretty Things
Released	December 1972
Recorded	Morgan Studios, Willesden
Genre	Rock
Length	37:50 (original release)
Label	Warner Bros. K 46190
Producer	Asa Jones
Pretty Things chronology
Parachute (1970) Freeway Madness (1972) Silk Torpedo (1974)
Singles from Freeway Madness
"Over the Moon / Havana Bound" Released: December 8, 1972

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

It's the second album without founding member Dick Taylor and the first without bassist Wally Waller as a full member, who had been with the band since the band's 1967 album Emotions. However, he did produce the album, as well as sing vocals on one of the tracks. Since he worked as a producer for EMI at the time, he appears on this album under the alias "Asa Jones".[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Phil May and Pete Tolson, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Is Good"	May, Jon Povey	6:51
2.	"Havana Bound"		3:54
3.	"Peter"	Tolson	1:26
4.	"Rip Off Train"		3:17
5.	"Over the Moon"	May, Wally Waller	4:31

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Religion's Dead"	4:11
7.	"Country Road"	4:46
8.	"Allnight Sailor"	1:55
9.	"Onion Soup"	3:48
10.	"Another Bowl?"	2:50

Bonus tracks from 2002 CD reissue by Repertoire Records

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Religion's Dead" (live at The Lyceum, London, Summer 1973)		4:46
12.	"Havana Bound" (live at The Lyceum, London, Summer 1973)		4:20
13.	"Love Is Good" (live at The Lyceum, London, Summer 1973)	May, Povey	6:43
14.	"Onion Soup" (live at The Lyceum, London, Summer 1973)		8:17
15.	"Over the Moon" (single edit)	May, Waller	4:06
16.	"Havana Bound" (single edit)		3:50

Charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3]	51

Personnel

Pretty Things

• Phil May – Lead vocals
• Pete Tolson – Guitar
• Jon Povey – Keyboards, vocals
• Stuart Brooks – Bass guitar
• Skip Alan – Drums

Outside musicians

• Gordon Huntley – Pedal steel guitar on "Country Road"
• Wally Waller – Vocals on "Over the Moon"
• Don Harper – Viola
• Billy Reid – Violin
• Johnny Van Derrick – Violin
• Peter Willison – Cello

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Waller, Wally (2002). Freeway Madness (CD booklet). Pretty Things. Repertoire Records.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 238. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.