{{EngvarB|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Fat Mattress II | type = studio | artist = Fat Mattress | cover = Fat-mattress-2-album-cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1970}} | recorded = {{Start date|1969}} | venue = | studio = | genre = *Folk rock *psychedelic rock *progressive rock *art rock | length = 40:34 | label = Polydor | producer = Fat Mattress | prev_title = Fat Mattress | prev_year = 1969 | next_title = The Black Sheep of the Family: The Anthology | next_year = 2000 | misc = {{Singles | name = Fat Mattress II | type = studio | single1 = Naturally | single1date = 1969 | single2 = Highway | single2date = 1970 }} }}
'''''Fat Mattress II''''' is the second and final studio album by English rock band Fat Mattress, released in 1970.
==Reception== {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="amrev"/> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot--> Compared with the band's debut self-titled album, ''Fat Mattress II'' was a commercial failure, not appearing in any major record charts. The album was described, in a review for music website AllMusic, by critic Richie Unterberger as "similar to, but also inferior to, their debut." Unterberger went on to suggest that "The songs aren't even up to the debut's modest standard, however, and the lingering feeling is that of a tolerable but fairly anonymous '60s-turning-into-'70s band with a Transatlantic feel."<ref name="amrev">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r37337|pure_url=yes}} |title=Fat Mattress 2 - Review |last=Unterberger |first=Richie |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=1 July 2009 }}</ref>
==Track listing== {{track listing | headline = Original LP
| title1 = The Storm | writer1 = Neil Landon, Jimmy Leverton | length1 = 4:13
| title2 = Anyway You Want | writer2 = Landon, Leverton<ref>Per label on original album. ''The Black Sheep of the Family: The Anthology'' credits Noel Redding as a third co-writer.</ref> | length2 = 3:47
| title3 = Leafy Lane | writer3 = Landon, Leverton | length3 = 2:50
| title4 = Naturally | writer4 = Landon, Leverton | length4 = 3:03
| title5 = Roamin' | writer5 = Landon, Leverton | length5 = 4:25
| title6 = Happy My Love | writer6 = Landon, Leverton | length6 = 3:43
| title7 = Childhood Dream | writer7 = Landon, Leverton | length7 = 3:20
| title8 = She | writer8 = Landon | length8 = 2:36
| title9 = Highway | writer9 = Landon, Noel Redding | length9 = 4:24
| title10 = At the Ball | writer10 = Landon, Redding | length10 = 4:13
| title11 = People | writer11 = Landon, Redding | length11 = 4:00 }} {{track listing | headline = CD bonus tracks (Sequel NEXCD197, 1992)
| title1 = Hall of Kings | writer1 = Landon | length1 = 5:32
| title2 = Long Red | writer2 = West, Pappalardi, Landsberg, Ventura | length2 = 4:21
| title3 = Words | writer3 = Landon, Leverton | length3 = 4:12
| title4 = The River | writer4 = Landon, Leverton | length4 = 17:09 }} {{track listing | headline = CD bonus tracks (Esoteric eclec2135, 2009)
| title1 = Margarita | writer1 = Landon, Leverton | length1 = 4:12
| title2 = Cold Wall of Stone | writer2 = Landon, Leverton, Jacobs | length2 = 2:36
| title3 = Long Red | writer3 = West, Pappalardi, Landsberg, Ventura | length3 = 4:21
| title4 = Words | writer4 = Landon, Leverton | length4 = 4:12
| title5 = The River | writer5 = Landon, Leverton | length5 = 17:09
| title6 = Future Days | writer6 = Leverton | length6 = 4:02 }}
==Personnel== ;Fat Mattress *Neil Landon – vocals, production *Jimmy Leverton – bass, vocals, production *Eric Dillon – drums, production *Steve Hammond – guitar, production *Mick Weaver – keyboards, production ;Additional personnel *Noel Redding – guitar & vocals on tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, & 11 *George Chkiantz – engineering *Roger Wilkinson – engineering on "The Storm" and "Highway" *Gered Mankowitz – photography
==Release history== {|class="wikitable" !Region !Date !Label !Format !Catalog !Ref. |- |United Kingdom |rowspan="2"|1970 |rowspan="2"|Polydor |rowspan="2"|LP |rowspan="2"|2383 025 |rowspan="2" align="center"|<ref name="amrev"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fat_mattress/fat_mattress_ii/ |title=Fat Mattress II by Fat Mattress |publisher=Rate Your Music |access-date=1 July 2009 }}</ref> |- |Germany |- |United States |1970 |Atco |LP |SD 33-347 |align="center"|<ref name="amrev"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fat_mattress/fat_mattress_ii_f1/ |title=Fat Mattress II by Fat Mattress |publisher=Rate Your Music |access-date=1 July 2009 }}</ref> |- |United Kingdom |1992 |Sequel |CD |NEXCD197 |align="center"|<ref name="amrev"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fat_mattress/fat_mattress_ii_f2/ |title=Fat Mattress II by Fat Mattress |publisher=Rate Your Music |access-date=1 July 2009 }}</ref> |- |United Kingdom |29 June 2009 |Esoteric |CD |2135 |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/esoteric/artists/fatmattress.php |title=Fat Mattress |publisher=Esoteric Recordings |access-date=28 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121190641/http://cherryred.co.uk/esoteric/artists/fatmattress.php |archive-date=21 November 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fat_mattress/fat_mattress_ll_%E2%80%93_expanded_edition/ |title=Fat Mattress II – Expanded Edition by Fat Mattress |publisher=Rate Your Music |access-date=1 July 2009 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> |}
==References== {{refbegin}} ;General *{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r37337|pure_url=yes}} |title=Fat Mattress 2 > Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=1 July 2009 }} *{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Fat-Mattress-Fat-Mattress-II/release/1118648 |title=Fat Mattress – Fat Mattress II (LP, Album) |year=1970 |publisher=Discogs |access-date=1 July 2009 }} ;Specific {{refend}} {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{discogs master|master=249517}}
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