Bio (album)

Bio
Studio album by Chuck Berry
Released	August 1973
Recorded	March – May 1973
Studio	Sound Exchange Studios, New York City; Technisonic Studios, St. Louis, Missouri
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	32:38
Label	Chess
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Chuck Berry chronology
The London Chuck Berry Sessions (1972) Bio (1973) Chuck Berry (1975)
Singles from Bio
"Bio" Released: 1973

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	D+[2]

Bio is the seventeenth studio album by Chuck Berry, released in 1973 by Chess Records. The backing musicians were Elephants Memory, except on "Rain Eyes" and "Got It and Gone".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Chuck Berry.

1. "Bio" – 4:25
2. "Hello Little Girl, Goodbye" – 3:56
3. "Woodpecker" – 3:33
4. "Rain Eyes" – 3:47
5. "Aimlessly Driftin'" – 5:42
6. "Got It and Gone" – 4:19
7. "Talkin' About My Buddy" – 6:56

Personnel

• Chuck Berry – guitar, piano, vocals

Elephants Memory

• Wayne "Tex" Gabriel – guitar
• Gary Van Scyoc – bass
• Adam Ippolito – piano
• Rick Frank – drums
• Stan Bronstein – saxophone

Additional musicians

• Billy Peek – guitar on "Rain Eyes" and "Got It and Gone"
• Greg Edick – bass on "Rain Eyes" and "Got It and Gone"
• Ron Reed – drums on "Rain Eyes" and "Got It and Gone"

Technical

• Esmond Edwards – producer
• Bob Scerbo – production manager
• David Krieger – art direction

Release

• Cassette Bio Universal Special Products 1995
• CD Bio Universal Distribution / Universal Japan 2010
• Cassette Bio Chess Special Products

References

1. "AllMusic Review - Bio". AllMusic. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 21, 2019.

External links

• Bio at Discogs (list of releases)