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No Dice is a power pop album by Badfinger, issued by Apple Records and released on November 9, 1970. Their second album under the Badfinger name, No Dice significantly expanded the British group's popularity, especially abroad.

Although this is the second album released as "Badfinger," it is mechanically their first album. The preceding Badfinger LP release, Magic Christian Music, was a compilation of tracks recorded by an earlier version of the band, The Iveys, which included different personnel. No Dice was the first album recorded as Badfinger and included guitarist Joey Molland. The group would release their next four albums, and their most successful recordings, with this line-up.

No Dice peaked at number 28 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart (North America). Widely praised in music reviews at the time, Rolling Stone Magazine lamented that it represented what The Beatles would have sounded like had they retained their initial formula [1].

The Badfinger single from this LP, "No Matter What," peaked at number 8 on the Pop Singles chart in 1970. The song is often credited as being an early offering in the Power Pop genre. Perhaps more noteworthy here is the inclusion of original composition Without You on the album. Although Badfinger never released the song as a single, it was taken to #1 on the Billboard charts in 1972 by Harry Nilsson, and again became a hit for Mariah Carey in 1994. Without You has been the top money-earner for Badfinger in publishing royalties.

'No Dice' is a slang term meaning "not possible."

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