Give It Up (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Give It Up
Type = Album
Artist = Bonnie Raitt


Released = September, 1972
Recorded = June 1972
Genre = Rock
Length = 36:04
Label = Warner Brothers
Producer = Michael Cuscuna
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pl5e8qztbtq4~T1 link]
*Robert Christgau (A) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=bonnie+raitt link]
Last album = "Bonnie Raitt"
(1971)
This album = "Give It Up"
(1972)
Next album = "Takin' My Time"
(1973)

"Give It Up" is the second album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music). Produced by jazz producer Michael Cuscuna, it's often hailed as Raitt's best album.

"Give It Up" [comes] closest to perfecting her approach," wrote critic Dave Marsh for early editions of "The Rolling Stone Album Guide". "She [mingles] her blues resources with a variety of contemporary and folk-oriented songs, coming up with classics in 'Been Too Long at the Fair' and Eric Kaz's 'Love Has No Pride.' Her version of the latter remains definitive..." Robert Christgau echoed these sentiments in his "Consumer Guide" column and gave the album an 'A' rating. "Rolling Stone" critic Jon Landau also praised the album, writing that "the best thing about Bonnie Raitt is her singing, and the best thing about "Give It Up" is that she sings great from beginning to end; in doing so, she successfully handles a far greater range of styles and material than on her first album and has produced a more interesting and satisfying record in the process."

Track listing

#"Give It Up or Let Me Go" (Raitt) – 4:30
#"Nothing Seems to Matter" (Raitt) – 4:05
#"I Know" (Barbara George) – 3:47
#"If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" (Rudy Clarke) – 3:00
#"Love Me Like a Man" (Chris Smither) – 3:12
#"Too Long at the Fair" (Joel Zoss) – 2:58
#"Under the Falling Sky" (Jackson Browne) – 3:45
#"You Got to Know How" (Jack Viertel, Sippie Wallace) – 3:36
#"You Told Me Baby" (Raitt) – 4:12
#"Love Has No Pride" (Eric Kaz, Libby Titus) – 3:47

Personnel

*Bonnie Raitt - acoustic guitar, guitar, piano, electric guitar, steel guitar, vocals, background vocals, 12 string guitar, bottleneck guitar
*Paul Butterfield - harmonica
*Kal David - guitar, electric guitar
*Terry Eaton - tenor saxophone
*Peter Eckland - cornet
*Freebo - bass, tuba, vocals, background vocals, 12 string guitar, fretless bass
*Amos Garrett - guitar, trombone
*Marty Grebb - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
*John Kingsley Hall - electric guitar, steel guitar, background vocals
*John Hall - guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
*Dave Holland - bass
*Mark Jordan - piano, keyboards, electric piano, vibraphone
*Eric Kaz - piano, background vocals, vibraphone
*Wells Kelly - conductor, conga, drums, background vocals, bells, cowbell
*Jackie Lomax - vocals, background vocals
*Tim Moore - vocals, background vocals
*Chris Parker - drums
*John Payne - clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, wind
*Merl Saunders - piano
*Gene Stashuk - cello
*Lou Terriciano - piano
*T.J. Tindall - guitar, electric guitar
*Jack Viertel - guitar, rhythm guitar, steel guitar
*Dennis Whitted - drums

Production

*Producer: Michael Cuscuna
*Engineer: Kendall Pacios
*Remixing: Nick Jameson
*Remastering: Lee Herschberg
*Horn arrangements: Eric Kaz
*Art direction: Ed Thrasher
*Photography: Michael Dobo
*Liner Notes: Michael Cuscuna

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)