Average Rock 'n' Roller is the fifth and final studio album for Australian proto-heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band Buffalo

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, recorded in 1976 and originally released in 1977 on the Vertigo

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 label. The album is considered to be their most commercially oriented release – with the band going as far as attempting ballads (such as the tracks "Rollin'" and "Sailor"). Average Rock 'n' Roller was also marked by dramatic line-up changes within Buffalo, coupled with lack of support from their record label, ultimately resulting in the band's demise prior to this album's release.

The album was remastered and reissued in December 2006 by Australian record label Aztec Music on CD

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 with additional tracks – which are solo recordings by vocalist Dave Tice of a Beatles

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 and Chuck Berry

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 cover respectively, originally released as a single

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 during 1976.

Track listing

1. "You Say" (Tice, Turner, Sims, Economou) – 4:58
2. "Rollin'" (Colin Stead) – 3:20
3. "Average Rock 'n' Roller" (Turner) – 3:25
4. "Hotel Ladies" (Turner, Tice, Stead) – 5:27
5. "Bad News" (Turner) – 3:18
6. "Sailor" (Tice, Economou) – 4:53
7. "Rhythm Madness" (Turner, Tice, Economou) – 3:34
8. "Hero Suite" – 8:14
   • "(I)Lend Me Your Ears" (Turner) –
     • "(II)Crying Out for Help" (Turner) –
       • "(III) Between the Line" (Turner, Sims) –
9. "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
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   " (Lennon
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   , McCartney
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   ) - (cover)*
10. "Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller" (Chuck Berry
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    )* –

* Bonus tracks on the 2006 Aztec Music reissue

Personnel

• Dave Tice - lead vocals, harp
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• Chris Turner - guitar
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  , backing vocals
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• Jimmy Economou - drums
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• Ross Sims - bass
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• Peter Wells - bass
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   (track 2), dobro
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   (track 6), piano
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   (track 4)
• Mark Simmonds
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   - saxophone
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   (track 3)
• Shirley Reed - backing vocals
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   (tracks 2 & 5)
• Penny Dyer - backing vocals
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  (tracks 2 & 5)