Absolutely was the second rock music

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 album recorded by the band Boxer

Boxer (band)

Boxer was a rock band formed by keyboardist Mike Patto and guitarist Ollie Halsall in 1975. They signed to Virgin and three albums followed , Below the Belt , Absolutely and Bloodletting , which also featured Bobby Tench and Boz Burrell...

, released during 1977 on the Epic

Epic Records

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 record label. Keyboardist Mike Patto

Mike Patto

Mike Patto , is primarily notable as lead singer for Spooky Tooth and Boxer.-History:...

 had assembled a new-look lineup including bassist Tim Bogert

Tim Bogert

John Voorhis "Tim" Bogert III is an American musician. He graduated from Ridgefield Memorial High School in his hometown in 1963...

 from Vanilla Fudge

Vanilla Fudge

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, guitarist Adrian Fisher Sparks

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 and drummer Eddie Tuduri from the American band Wha-Koo

Wha-Koo

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.

There had been rumours that George Martin

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 was interested in working with Boxer. Absolutely was eventually produced by Jeff Glixman

Jeff Glixman

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, who had worked with the Allman Brothers

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 and Kansas

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.

Patto collaborated with all the band members to write the songs on this album. "Rich Man's Daughter" is a reworking of the same song recorded by the Boxer lineup for Bloodletting

Bloodletting (Boxer album)

Bloodlettingwas an album by the rock band Boxer, released on the Virgin record label in 1979. Their third album in order of release, it had in fact been recorded in 1976 after their debut Below the Belt. It was also a posthumous release for band leader Mike Patto, who had died of cancer in March...

, which was recorded in 1976. This was the last recording Patto made.

Track listing

1. "A Fool in Love" (Bogert/Patto)
2. "Red Light Flyer" (Patto)
3. "Big Lucy" (Bogert/Stainton/Patto)
4. "No Reply" (Stainton/Patto)
5. "Can't Stand What You Do" (Bogert/Stainton/Patto/Fisher/Tuduri)
6. "As God's My Judge" (Stainton/Patto)
7. "Rich Man's Daughter" (Patto)
8. "Everybody's a Star" (Stainton/Patto)
9. "Hand on Your Heart" (Bogert/Stainton/Patto/Fisher/Tuduri)

Personnel

• Mike Patto
  Mike Patto
  Mike Patto , is primarily notable as lead singer for Spooky Tooth and Boxer.-History:...
  
   – Keyboards and vocals
• Chris Stainton
  Chris Stainton
  Christopher "Chris" Stainton is an English session musician, keyboard player and songwriter, who first gained recognition with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s...
  
   – Keyboards
• Tim Bogert
  Tim Bogert
  John Voorhis "Tim" Bogert III is an American musician. He graduated from Ridgefield Memorial High School in his hometown in 1963...
  
   – Bass and vocals
• Adrian Fisher – Guitar
• Eddie Tuduri – Drums