Anytime you use a hook whether it be a song title, a book or in this case the album title, 'The Smoker You Drink the Player You Get' it's going to draw attention.
Rockers were ready for this album, 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' prior to it's released as pre-sales of the Yes album tell the tale as this album was certified Gold prior to it's release in the U.K. (first album ever to achieve that status in the U.K.).
New 40 years ago but no doubt made an impact on the genre,1973 was a very good year and what was to become the definition of classic rock, was released that year on vinyl.
They say "third times a charm", in this case, for ZZ Top their third studio album, 'Tres Hombres' charted in the Top 10, their previous two weren't so lucky.
It was the single " Whiskey In A Jar" that pretty much had a lot to do with who the band Thin Lizzy became known, released in late 1972 yet charted in February 1973 at #7 in the U.K.
The last of the Mark ll line-up, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice for the seventh studio album, 'Who Do We Think We Are.'
New 40 years ago but no doubt made an impact on the genre,1973 was a very good year and what was to become the definition of classic rock, was released that year on vinyl.