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{{Infobox album
| name       = Moxy II
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Moxy (band)|Moxy]]
| cover      = Moxy_II_Album_1976.gif
| alt        =
| released   = 1976
| recorded   = Sound Stage Studios, [[Toronto]], April 1976
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      =
* [[Hard rock]]
* [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
| length     = 35:40
| label      = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| producer   = [[Jack Douglas (record producer)|Jack Douglas]], Edward Leonetti
| prev_title = [[Moxy (album)|Moxy]]
| prev_year  = 1975
| next_title = [[Ridin' High (Moxy album)|Ridin' High]]
| next_year  = 1977
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]''
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r45191|pure_url=yes}} ''Allmusic'' review]</ref>
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'''''Moxy II''''' is the second [[studio album]] by the Canadian [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Moxy (band)|Moxy]], released in 1976. It was recorded at Sound Stage studio in April 1976 in [[Toronto]] with [[Jack Douglas (record producer)|Jack Douglas]] producing. Two songs from the album entered the charts in Canada, "Take It Or Leave  It" that reached number 14 and "Cause There's Another" that reached  number 16 on the Top 30 on [[CHUM (AM)]] in Toronto,<ref>{{cite web| title= Chart at CHUM AM| work= 1050chum.com| url= http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=7551| accessdate= 15 November 2009| archive-date= 8 December 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081208204717/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=7551| url-status= dead}}</ref> and the [[Kiss Rocks 99.5 FM|KISS-FM]] Texas hits "Midnight Flight" and "One More Heartbreak". The album sold well because of strong live appearances that included tours with [[Black Sabbath]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Tour dates|work=Black Sabbath online|url=http://www.black-sabbath.com/tourdates/1977.html|accessdate=15 November 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124074604/http://www.black-sabbath.com/tourdates/1977.html|archivedate=24 November 2009}}</ref> [[Boston (band)|Boston]] and  [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]]<ref>{{cite web | title= Moxy discography| work=Canadian Bands |url= http://www.canadianbands.com/Moxy.html|accessdate=15 November 2009}}{{rs|date=February 2022}}</ref>  with heavy promotion by the label ([[Polydor Records|Polydor]]) ([[Mercury Records]]). The album was highly acclaimed on release by [[Geoff Barton]] in the UK music publication, ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'', following which the magazine made the album available to readers for the special price of £1.50.{{cn|date=February 2022}}

== Credits ==
* [[Buzz Shearman]] - [[Singing|vocals]] 
* Earl Johnson - [[guitar]], [[slide guitar]] 
* Buddy Caine -	guitar, blowbag and acoustic guitar
* Terry Juric - [[bass guitar]]
* Bill Wade - [[Drum kit|drums]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]  
* Mika Sharun - backing vocals  
* Steve Byron - backing vocals, assistant 
* The Wisconsin Kid - backing vocals
* Edward Leonetti - producer 
* Jack Douglas - producer 
* Jay Messina - mixing, mixing engineer 
* Lee DeCarlo - engineer
* Recorded April 1976 at Sound Stage Studio
* Mixed May 1976 at [[The Record Plant]], [[New York City]]
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== Track listing ==
# "Cause There's Another" - 3:45 (Buddy Caine, [[Buzz Shearman]])
# "Take it or Leave It" - 3:43 (Buddy Caine, Buzz Shearman)
# "Through the Storm" - 4:00 (Earl Johnson)
# "One More Heartbreak" - 2:38(Earl Johnson)
#  "Slippin' Out" - 4:02 (Earl Johnson, Bill Wade, Terry Juric)
#  "Midnight Flight" - 3:30 (Earl Johnson)
#  "Change in My Life" - 4:38 (Buzz Shearman, Buddy Caine)
#  "Tryin' Just for You" - 4:30 (Buzz Shearman, Buddy Caine)
#  "Wet Suit" - 4:54 (Buzz Shearman, Buddy Caine, Terry Juric, Bill Wade, The Wisconsin Kid)

== Reissued ==
Moxy's original catalogue of albums was again available starting in 1993 when Valerie Shearman ("Buzz" widow) oversaw the release of all of Moxy's back catalogue of albums on CD by Pacemaker Records, again starting in 2003 by [[Unidisc Music Inc.]] and in 2009 by Cyclone records Canada.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.Moxy.ca Moxy official website]


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