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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
That's ironic because I think the band hates that album. The label wanted another album right away to follow up on the success of Up To Here and they mostly included b-side tracks that they weren't super keen on. Hence the name of the album...horse####.
I think their later stuff is far more interesting, especially musically. Those early albums are staples on classic rock stations, but they mostly haven't aged that well other than a few songs.
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I disagree that it hasn't aged well. Road Apples is what I would call a perfect rock album. All killer, no filler. Also Gord's lyric writing took a giant leap forward on that record.
I too prefer the band's later, more interesting material, but there's no denying how awesome those early records are/were.
The real story behind the name Road Apples is that the band initially wanted to call it "Saskadelphia" as a nod to the massive amount of touring they were doing at the time where all the cities and towns would just blur into each other. Their record label at the time thought it sounded too Canadian and that the U.S. market wouldn't get it, so as a joke to f*** with the label, the band decided to call it something even more Canadian, Road Apples (street hockey slang for frozen horse turds.) And the rest is history.