No Dice by Badfinger

No Dice, Badfinger's third album, rolled out on Apple on 9 November 1970, and it's where the Swansea band once known as the Iveys really came into their own. It's the first with Joey Molland on lead guitar, alongside Pete Ham on rhythm guitar and lead vocals, Tom Evans on bass and Mike Gibbins on drums, with Geoff Emerick credited as producer.

"No Matter What" is the knockout, a crunching, sing-it-to-the-rafters slab of power pop that became a worldwide hit. The album also holds "Without You", a Ham and Evans ballad that Harry Nilsson would turn into a UK and US No. 1 in 1972 and Mariah Carey into a UK No. 1 in 1994. No Dice carried the group's name much further than before, especially overseas.

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