We’re an American Band by Grand Funk Railroad

We're an American Band, the seventh album from Grand Funk Railroad, billed here simply as Grand Funk, rolled out on Capitol in July 1973 and went gold a little over a month later. The Flint, Michigan, power trio of Mark Farner, Don Brewer and Mel Schacher wasn't a trio anymore: Craig Frost came aboard on organ, clavinet and Moog. And they handed the controls to Todd Rundgren, who gave their arena-sized stomp a tighter, punchier sheen.

The title track, with drummer Brewer singing, is pure strut, the kind of rock and roll that sounds best with the windows down. "Walk Like a Man", also with Brewer on lead, followed as the second single. Even the packaging swaggered: the first pressings came wrapped in gold foil on clear, dark yellow vinyl, as if to announce a gold record before anyone had counted.

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