New Blood (Blood, Sweat & Tears album)

New Blood
Studio album by Blood, Sweat & Tears
Released	Oct 1972
Genre	Rock
Length	40:16
Label	Columbia
Producer	Bobby Colomby
Blood, Sweat & Tears chronology
Greatest Hits (1972) New Blood (1972) No Sweat (1973)

New Blood is the fifth album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1972.

With David Clayton-Thomas leaving as lead vocalist to pursue a solo career after the release of BS&T 4, a nearly wholesale personnel change occurred for New Blood. Difficulties had arisen inside the group between its pop-rock and jazz factions, with Clayton-Thomas choosing to leave in early January 1972. He was briefly replaced by Bobby Doyle, and then Jerry Fisher. Founding member, Dick Halligan, also departed, as well as Fred Lipsius.

The album reached the top-40 charts (the last BS&T LP to do so) and spawned a single, "So Long Dixie", which peaked at number 44.

New Blood was re-released on CD in 2005 on the Wounded Bird label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Ross Boissoneau wrote of the album "The band vocals on "Touch Me" and the arrangement of Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage" are among the highlights, but then there's Bob Dylan's "Down in the Flood" and Steve Katz's "Velvet" (about a horse, for Pete's sake!). Gerry Goffin and Carole King's "Snow Queen" almost makes up for it, with sensational solos from Dave Bargeron on trombone and Lou Marini on sax."^[1]

Track listing

1. "Down in the Flood" (Bob Dylan) – 4:21
2. "Touch Me" (Victoria Pike, Teddy Randazzo) – 3:33
3. "Alone" (Lou Marini) – 5:29
4. "Velvet" (Jeff Kent) – 3:31
5. "I Can't Move No Mountains" (Michael Gately, Robert John) – 2:58
6. "Over the Hill" (Dave Bargeron) – 4:20
7. "So Long Dixie" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 4:28
8. "Snow Queen" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 5:24
9. "Maiden Voyage" (Herbie Hancock) – 6:14

Personnel

• Jerry Fisher – vocals
• Dave Bargeron - trombone, tuba, bass trombone, baritone horn, background vocals
• Bobby Colomby - drums, percussion, background vocals
• Jim Fielder - bass, background vocals
• Steve Katz - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead vocal on "Velvet"
• Lou Marini - woodwinds
• Lew Soloff - trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
• Chuck Winfield - trumpet, flugelhorn, french horn, background vocals
• Bobby Doyle – piano
• Georg Wadenius – guitar,background vocals
• Larry Willis – keyboards

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Pop Albums	32

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Boissoneau, Ross. "New Blood > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r30875. Retrieved July 9, 2011.