Line #45 Music/RogerTheEngineer


1	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roger_the_engineer.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:320:The British cover, drawn by Chris Dreja. It's an caricature of the album's engineer, Roger Cameron.]]
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4	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eadc32b8_c2fe_4601_8d55_0b997a14af75.jpeg]]
5	[[caption-width-right:320:The US cover of ''Over Under Sideways Down''.]]
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7	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1634aad52793457af4b289caf887d376.jpg]]
8	[[caption-width-right:320:The German cover of ''Over Under Sideways Down''.]]
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10	''The Yardbirds'' is the third studio album by Music/TheYardbirds, released in 1966. ''Roger the Engineer'' is the fan nickname for this album - based on the album cover - and is now the most commonly used title for this album. A third title used was ''Over Under Sideways Down'', and it was officially released under that name in France, Germany and the United States, the latter omitting two songs off the album. It is also their first studio album to officially be released in Britain.
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12	''Roger the Engineer'' is the only album by The Yardbirds to feature no {{Cover Version}}s, with song-writing credits on every song given to every member; the album was also produced by Paul Samwell-Smith and their then-manager Simon Napier-Bell.
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14	This album also turned out to be the band's last studio album to feature Paul Samwell-Smith and Music/JeffBeck. The former chose to leave around the time of the album's release, having grown tired of touring and wanting to move on to production. Samwell-Smith would go on to become a successful producer, with production credits on such artists as Music/CatStevens, Music/JethroTull, Music/CarlySimon, Music/{{Renaissance}} (Keith Relf and Jim [=McCarty=]'s post-Yardbirds band), etc. He was replaced first by [[Music/LedZeppelin Jimmy Page]] on bass, but Page switched to co-lead guitar with Jeff Beck once Chris Dreja made the transition from rhythm guitar to bass. Although this twin guitar line-up was highly influential, Beck quickly grew frustrated, and by the end of 1966, he had been sacked from the band. The Yardbirds with Page would release ''Music/LittleGames'' in 1967 before calling it quits the following year.
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17	!! Tracklist (The US version of the album omits "The Nazz Are Blue" and "Rack My Mind"):
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19	[[AC:Side One]]
20	# "Lost Woman" (3:16)
21	# "Over Under Sideways Down" (2:24)
22	# "The Nazz Are Blue" (3:04)
23	# "I Can't Make Your Way" (2:26)
24	# "Rack My Mind" (3:15)
25	# "Farewell" (1:29)
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27	[[AC:Side Two]]
28	# "Hot House of Omagarashid" (2:39)
29	# "Jeff's Boogie" (2:25)
30	# "He's Always There" (2:15)
31	# "Turn Into Earth" (3:06)
32	# "What Do You Want" (3:22)
33	# "Ever Since the World Began" (2:09)
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36	!! Bonus Tracks (1983 Reissue):
37	# "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" (2:55)
38	# "Psycho Daisies" (1:50)
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41	!!Principal Members:
42	* Music/JeffBeck - guitar, backing and lead vocals, bass
43	* Chris Dreja - guitar, piano, vocals
44	* Jim [=McCarty=] - drums, percussion, vocals
45	* [[Music/LedZeppelin Jimmy Page]] - guitar, bass [[note]]Only on the bonus tracks "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" and "Psycho Daisies"[[/note]]
46	* Keith Relf - lead vocals, harmonica, percussion
47	* Paul Samwell-Smith - bass, vocals
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50	!!Turn Into Tropes:
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52	* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The British album cover is a simple amateurish pencil drawing of an engineer. The American cover is a cut-and-paste group shot of the band where various photos of the band members are put together to provide an unrealistic band photo.
53	* FaceOnTheCover: The American and German cover feature the band on the cover.
54	* MoodWhiplash: "Ever Since The World Began" starts as a scary, doom-laden monotone chant about the evils of {{greed}}, and then suddenly becomes a light pop song with a call-and-response section... [[LyricalDissonance about the evils of greed]].
55	* OneWomanSong: "Lost Woman".
56	* OneWordTitle: "Farewell".
57	* PsychedelicRock: Definitely one of the more famous examples of it.
58	* QuestioningTitle: "What Do You Want?"
59	* SelfTitledAlbum: At least officially. Like ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' by Music/TheBeatles, the fan nickname is far more well-known than its actual name.
60	* SpecialGuest: Jimmy Page's future Music/LedZeppelin band-mate John Paul Jones plays bass on the bonus track "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago".
61	* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Jeff Beck sings lead vocals on "The Nazz Is Blue".
62	* TitleTrack: "Over Under Sideways Down". At least in France, Germany and the US.
63	* WestminsterChimes: Quoted in "Jeff's Boogie".
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