Humble Pie: Smokin' (A&M)
Metal Mike Saunders, Rolling Stone, 11 May 1972
HUMBLE PIE have persevered. Their first record company (Immediate) went out of business, vile-tempered record reviewers slandered their early albums from here to Zanzibar, and their early tours were total duds.
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