{"history":[],"article":{"id":"3037a96a-6c45-4f43-88e6-968c1bc92920","title":"Vehicle (The Ides of March album)","slug":"vehicle-the-ides-of-march-album","content":":::summary\n![Vehicle](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/idesvehicle.jpg)\n**Name:** Vehicle \n**Type:** Studio album \n**Artist:** [the Ides of March](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-ides-of-march-band) \n**Released:** June 1970 \n**Recorded:** March 1970 \n**Studio:** [Columbia Studios](https://bliptext.com/articles/columbia-records) \n**Genre:** [Rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/rock-music) \n**Length:** 41:39 \n**Label:** [Warner Bros.](https://bliptext.com/articles/warner-bros-records) \n**Producer:** Bob Destocki, Frank Rand \n**Next Title:** Common Bond \n**Next Year:** 1971 \n:::\n\n# \n**Vehicle** is the debut studio album by [the Ides of March](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-ides-of-march-band), released in 1970.\nThe single, \"[Vehicle](https://bliptext.com/articles/vehicle-song)\", became the fastest selling single in [Warner](https://bliptext.com/articles/warner-bros-records)'s history, after which the band was hustled into the studio to record a full album.\nVehicle songs range through many genres including rock, pop, soul and folk.\n\n# Reception\nIn his retrospective review for [Allmusic](https://bliptext.com/articles/allmusic), critic Mark Deming wrote \"the band sounds tight, enthusiastic, and emphatic on all ten tracks\" and that the album \"documents this band's limitations as well as its strengths, but ultimately it's a good week's work, and shows the Ides of March had more up their sleeve than their only hit.\"\nConversely, [Robert Christgau](https://bliptext.com/articles/robert-christgau) called the album \"Schlocky... more schlock than anyone needs.\"\n\n# Track listing\nAll songs written by [Jim Peterik](https://bliptext.com/articles/jim-peterik), except where noted.\n\n## Bonus tracks\n

\"Lead Me Home, Gently\"

\"Superman\"

\"Melody\"

\"Vehicle\" (single version)

\"High on a Hillside\"

\n\n\n# Personnel\n\n# Production","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T11:48:53.765Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T11:48:53.765Z","search_vector":"'album':6 'ide':3 'march':5 'vehicl':1","search_content":" \n \n**Name:** Vehicle \n**Type:** Studio album \n**Artist:** [the Ides of March](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-ides-of-march-band) \n**Released:** June 1970 \n**Recorded:** March 1970 \n**Studio:** [Columbia Studios](https://bliptext.com/articles/columbia-records) \n**Genre:** [Rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/rock-music) \n**Length:** 41:39 \n**Label:** [Warner Bros.](https://bliptext.com/articles/warner-bros-records) \n**Producer:** Bob Destocki, Frank Rand \n**Next Title:** Common Bond \n**Next Year:** 1971 \n \n\n# \n**Vehicle** is the debut studio album by [the Ides of March](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-ides-of-march-band), released in 1970.\nThe single, \"[Vehicle](https://bliptext.com/articles/vehicle-song)\", became the fastest selling single in [Warner](https://bliptext.com/articles/warner-bros-records)'s history, after which the band was hustled into the studio to record a full album.\nVehicle songs range through many genres including rock, pop, soul and folk.\n\n# Reception\nIn his retrospective review for [Allmusic](https://bliptext.com/articles/allmusic), critic Mark Deming wrote \"the band sounds tight, enthusiastic, and emphatic on all ten tracks\" and that the album \"documents this band's limitations as well as its strengths, but ultimately it's a good week's work, and shows the Ides of March had more up their sleeve than their only hit.\"\nConversely, [Robert Christgau](https://bliptext.com/articles/robert-christgau) called the album \"Schlocky... more schlock than anyone needs.\"\n\n# Track listing\nAll songs written by [Jim Peterik](https://bliptext.com/articles/jim-peterik), except where noted.\n\n## Bonus tracks\n \"Lead Me Home, Gently\" \n \"Superman\" \n \"Melody\" \n \"Vehicle\" (single version) \n \"High on a Hillside\" \n \n\n# Personnel\n\n# Production","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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