Pickin' Up the Pieces

Infobox Album |
Name = Pickin' Up The Pieces
Type = Album
Artist = Poco


Released = 19 May 1969
Recorded = 1969
Genre = Country rock
Length = 42:43
Label = Epic
Producer = Jim Messina
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ch9ks35ba3mg link]
Last album =
This album = "Pickin' Up The Pieces" (1969)
Next album = "Poco" (1970)

"Pickin' Up The Pieces" is the debut album by Country rock pioneers Poco.

Track listing

#"Foreword" (Richie Furay) – 0:48
#"What a Day" (Richie Furay) – 2:28
#"Nobody's Fool" (Richie Furay) – 3:26
#"Calico Lady" (Richie Furay/Jim Messina/Skip Goodwin) – 3:03
#"First Love" (Richie Furay) – 3:08
#"Make Me a Smile (Richie Furay/Jim Messina) – 3:18
#"Short Changed" (Richie Furay) – 3:17
#"Pickin' Up the Pieces" (Richie Furay) – 3:20
#"Grand Junction" (Rusty Young) – 2:58
#"Oh Yeah" (Richie Furay/Jim Messina) – 4:06
#"Just in Case It Happens, Yes Indeed" (Richie Furay) - 2:45
#"Tomorrow (Richie Furay/Skip Goodwin) - 3:11
#"Consequently, So Long" (Richie Furay/Skip Goodwin) – 3:50
#"Do You Feel It Too" (Richie Furay) – 3:05 (not on the original LP, but a previously unissued alternate take added to the first appearance of the album on CD)

Personnel

*Jim Messina - guitar, vocals
*Richie Furay - guitar, 12-string guitar, vocals
*Rusty Young - steel guitar, banjo, dobro, guitar, piano
*Randy Meisner - bass, guitar, vocals
*George Grantham - drums, vocals

Production

*Producer: Jim Messina
*Recording Engineer: Terry Donovan
*Arranger: Nick DeCaro
*Photography: Frank Bez