- Blood, Sweat & Tears (album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Blood, Sweat & Tears
Type =Album
Artist =Blood, Sweat & Tears
Released =December 11 ,1968
Recorded =August 2 ,1968 -October 22 ,1968
Genre = RockJazz fusion
Length = 45:36 (original)
Label = Columbia
Producer =James William Guercio
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:n9q8b5p4tsqe link]
*"Rolling Stone " (unfavorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bloodsweatandtears/albums/album/304116/review/19064493/blood_sweat__tears link]
Last album = "Child Is Father to the Man " (1968)
This album = "Blood, Sweat & Tears" (1969)
Next album = "Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 " (1970)*For the 1963 album by
Johnny Cash , seeBlood, Sweat and Tears (album) "Blood, Sweat & Tears" is the 1969 self-titled second album by the band
Blood, Sweat & Tears .After the critical success of the first album, bandleader
Al Kooper and two other members left the group.Bobby Colomby andSteve Katz searched for a replacement singer, settling onDavid Clayton-Thomas ; three more musicians joined to bring the band to nine members. Columbia assignedJames William Guercio (who was simultaneously working with new band Chicago) to produce a new album.The song selection was much more pop-oriented than the first album, with more compositions from outside the band; as a result, the album was a huge commercial success, rising to the top of the U.S. charts and yielding three successive Top 5 singles. It also received favorable reviews from the music critics, and received a
Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1970.Track listing
The original LP release included the following tracks:
#"Variations on a Theme ByErik Satie " (1st and 2nd Movements) – 2:35
#*"Adapted from "Trois Gymnopédies"
#"Smiling Phases" (Steve Winwood ,Jim Capaldi , C. Wood) – 5:11
#"Sometimes in Winter" (Steve Katz ) – 3:09
#"More and More" (P. Vee, D. Juan) – 3:04
#"And When I Die" (Laura Nyro ) – 4:06
#"God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday ,Arthur Herzog Jr. ) – 5:55
#"Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas ) – 4:08
#"You've Made Me So Very Happy " (Berry Gordy Jr. ,Brenda Holloway ,Patrice Holloway ,Frank Wilson ) – 4:19
#"Blues - Part II" (Blood, Sweat & Tears) – 11:44
#"Variations on a Theme By Erik Satie" (1st Movement) – 1:49A remastered
CD which added live bonus tracks of "More and More" and "Smiling Phases" was released in 2000.Musicians
*
David Clayton-Thomas - lead vocals except as noted
*Lew Soloff -trumpet ,flugelhorn
*Bobby Colomby - drums, percussion, vocals
*Jim Fielder - bass
*Dick Halligan - organ,piano ,flute ,trombone , vocals
*Steve Katz -guitar ,harmonica , vocals (lead vocals on "Sometimes In Winter")
*Fred Lipsius -alto saxophone , piano
*Chuck Winfield - trumpet, flugelhorn
*Jerry Hyman - trombone,recorder Production
*Producer:
James William Guercio
*Engineers:Fred Catero ,Roy Halee
*Arrangers:Dick Halligan ,Fred Lipsius ,Al Kooper
*Cover art:Timothy Quay ,Bob Cato
*Photography:Harrie George
*Design:John Berg Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
succession box
before = "TCB" byDiana Ross & The Supremes andThe Temptations
title = "Billboard" 200 number-one album
years =March 29 -April 4 1969 April 12 -April 25 1969 July 26 -August 22 1969
after = "Hair" by Original Cast
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