Brave Belt II

by Brave Belt

Brave Belt II cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1972
  • Label: Reprise
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 37:24
  • Community rating: 3/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Signaling a stylistic shift with the addition of guitarist Randy Bachman, 'Brave Belt II' abandons lighter country-pop for a significantly heavier, driving roots rock sound. The band leans into muscular boogie-rock riffs and energetic rhythms, laying the direct foundational groundwork for their imminent transformation into Bachman-Turner Overdrive. It captures a raw, transitional moment of a group discovering its signature arena-ready sound.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic

Tracklist

  1. Too Far Away (3:41)
  2. Dunrobin's Gone (3:13)
  3. Can You Feel It (2:40)
  4. Put It in a Song (3:35)
  5. Summer Soldier (3:26)
  6. Goodbye, Soul Shy (3:48)
  7. Never Comin' Home (3:41)
  8. Be a Good Man (2:52)
  9. Long Way 'Round (2:18)
  10. Another Way Out (3:31)
  11. Waterloo Country (4:35)

Credits

  • Brave Belt - primary artist
  • C.F. Turner - bass guitar, lead vocals
  • Rob Bachman - drums, vocals
  • Chad Allan - keyboards, vocals
  • Randy Bachman - lead guitar, vocals

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