What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits

Infobox Album |
Name = What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
Type = Album
Artist = The Doobie Brothers


Released = February 1, 1974
Recorded = 1973
Genre = Rock
Length = 44:29
Label = Warner Brothers
Producer = Ted Templeman
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wyg9kent7q70~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" (mixed) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thedoobiebrothers/albums/album/164062/review/5943142/what_were_once_vices_are_now_habits link]
Last album = "The Captain and Me"
(1973)
This album = "What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits"
(1974)
Next album = "Stampede"
(1975)

"What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits" is the fourth studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1974. (see 1974 in music). The unique lettering on the album cover was suggested by drummer John Hartman after visiting his high school alma mater, J.E.B. Stuart in Falls Church, Virginia. The School's newspaper, Raiders Digest, had just changed its masthead to include those stylized fonts.

Track listing

#"Song to See You Through" (Johnston) – 4:06
#"Spirit" (Johnston, Simpson) – 3:15
#"Pursuit on 53rd St." (Johnston) – 2:33
#"Black Water" (Simmons) – 4:17
#"Eyes of Silver" (Johnston) – 2:57
#"Road Angel" (Hartman, Hossack, Johnston, Porter) – 4:49
#"You Just Can't Stop It" (Simmons) – 3:28
#"Tell Me What You Want (And I'll Give You What You Need)" (Simmons) – 3:53
#"Down in the Track" (Johnston) – 4:15
#"Another Park, Another Sunday" (Johnston) – 4:27
#"Daughters of the Sea" (Simmons) – 4:29
#"Flying Cloud" (Porter) – 2:00

Personnel

The Doobie Brothers:
*Patrick Simmons - guitar, vocals
* Tom Johnston - guitar, vocals
*Tiran Porter - bass, vocals
*John (Little John) Hartman - drums
*Michael Hossack - drums [New second drummer Keith Knudsen replaced Hossack during the recording of "Vices". Hossack was thus credited as a guest musician on the back of the album, even though he had played drums throughout the recording sessions. The front and back covers of the album show concert photographs taken from behind the group, which makes it difficult to tell which drummers are seen; they are in fact Knudsen and Hartman, photographed on tour while the album was in production. Knudsen's only actual musical contribution to the album was to sing backing vocals.]

Additional Players:
*Keith Knudsen - backing vocals
*Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - guitar, pedal steel, steel guitar
*James Booker - piano on "Down In The Track"
*Arlo Guthrie - autoharp, harmonica
*Eddie Guzman - conga, timbales, and other percussion instruments
*Jack Hale - trombone
*Milt Holland - tabla, marimba, pandeiro, and other percussion instruments
*Wayne Jackson - trumpet
*Andrew Love - tenor saxophone
*James Mitchell - baritone saxophone
*Novi Novog - viola
*Bill Payne - keyboards
*Ted Templeman - percussion

Production

*Producer: Ted Templeman
*Production Coordination: Benita Brazier, The Doobie Brothers
*Engineer: Lee Herschberg, Donn Landee
*Mastering: Lee Herschberg
*Horn Arrangements: Andrew Love, The Memphis Horns, Wayne Jackson
*Cover Design: Chas Barbour
*Art Direction: Chas Barbour
*Photography: Dan Fong

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