It's Only a Movie

It's Only a Movie
Studio album by
Family
ReleasedSeptember 1973
RecordedSummer 1973
StudioKnowle Hall, Somerset, Olympic Studios, Air Studios
GenreProgressive rock, psychedelic rock
Length39:06
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]
Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewA:1[3]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide[4]
Uncut[5]

It's Only a Movie is the seventh and final studio album by the British progressive rock band Family, released in 1973, and their last original studio album before they disbanded that year.

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"5:08
2."Leroy"5:43
3."Buffet Tea for Two"5:23
4."Boom Bang"3:06
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Boots 'n' Roots"5:00
6."Banger" (instrumental)3:07
7."Sweet Desiree"3:47
8."Suspicion"3:20
9."Check Out"4:34
  • Note: 2 track timings are incorrectly listed on the original LP label. "Boom Bang" is listed as 3:30 and "Check Out" as 4:45. Above timings are correct.
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

Charts

Chart (1973) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 30

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 24 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "Review: Family — It's Only a Movie" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 12. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. December 1989. p. 147. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021 – via World Radio History.
  4. ^ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. xiii/136.
  5. ^ Huxley, Peter (November 1997). "Family: Fearless / Bandstand / It's Only a Movie". Uncut. No. 6. p. 89.
  6. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 20, 2024.


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