<sod>'''''Freeways''''' is the sixth studio [[album]] by [[Canada|Canadian]] [[rock band]] [[Bachman–Turner Overdrive]], released in 1977. It was the last album that Randy Bachman would be a part of with BTO until seven years later when a "reunion" ''[[Bachman–Turner Overdrive (1984 album)|Bachman-Turner Overdrive]]'' studio album was made and released in 1984. This is also the last studio album to be made with the band's classic and most successful ''Not Fragile'' line up. It was the first BTO studio album to become a commercial failure, featuring the first BTO single that did not chart ("My Wheels Won't Turn"). Randy Bachman wrote every song besides "Life Still Goes On." Many of BTO's core fans did not like the album as it was not the heavy, guitar driven rock n' roll that BTO was known for.<ref name="BTO-allpar">[http://www.allpar.com/ed/btohist.html BTO article at www.allpar.com]</ref> Fred Turner was reportedly so unhappy with this album that he wouldn't allow a straight-on picture of himself to be used on the cover, saying he felt like a "side man."<ref name="BTO-allpar"/> Years later, Randy would agree that the ''Freeways'' album was rushed to the studio, and that the band should have taken some down time, allowing them to develop more song ideas. He did however, mention "Down Down", "Shotgun Rider", and "My Wheels Won't Turn" as songs that were worthy of inclusion on any BTO album, singling out the [[Duane Allman]]-esque guitar solo on "My Wheels Won't Turn" as one of [[Blair Thornton]]'s finest moments on record.<ref name=Heatley>{{cite web|url= http://www.teamrock.com/features/2014-05-02/the-turbulent-history-of-bachman-turner-overdrive |title=The Turbulent History of Bachman-Turner Overdrive |last=Heatley|first=Michael |publisher=teamrock.com |date=May 2, 2014 |accessdate=March 9, 2016}}</ref><eod>
<sod>'''''Freeways''''' is the sixth studio [[album]] by [[Canada|Canadian]] [[rock band]] [[Bachman–Turner Overdrive]], released in 1977. It was the last album that Randy Bachman would be a part of with BTO until seven years later when a "reunion" ''[[Bachman–Turner Overdrive (1984 album)|Bachman-Turner Overdrive]]'' studio album was made and released in 1984. This is also the last studio album to be made with the band's classic and most successful ''Not Fragile'' line up. It was the first BTO studio album to become a commercial failure, featuring the first BTO single that did not chart ("My Wheels Won't Turn"). Randy Bachman wrote every song besides "Life Still Goes On."<eod>