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Friday Music |
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Pop/Rock |
Product No.: |
AFRM 3009
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UPC: | 829421030096 |
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180 Gram Vinyl Record |
180-gram vinyl
Mastered by Friday Music's Joe Reagoso
Commercially, this was a disappointment after Blood Sweat And Tears' previous eponymous album, which spawned hit singles galore; here, only a sprightly cover of Goffin-King's "Hi-De-Ho" and lead singer David Clayton-Thomas' own "Lucretia Mac Evil" achieved singles chart success.
On the other hand, this is probably the most musically ambitious of the band's post-Al Kooper albums, and though it occasionally overreaches — the lengthy jazz suite based on the Stones' "Sympathy For the Devil" is an awkward collision of styles — there are some memorable moments. Clayton-Thomas works a little too hard sometimes (the aforementioned "Lucretia Mac Evil" is a tad overwrought), but he also turns in sensitive readings of some fine cover songs, particularly Laura Nyro's "He's a Runner" and Richard Manuel's "Lonesome Suzie."
Meanwhile, the band's instrumental work is at its customary expert level throughout, in particular in a protracted solo section in Joe Cocker's "Something Comin' On."
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Side A |
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Hi-De-Ho |
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2. The Battle |
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3. Lucretia MacEvil |
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4. Lucretia's Reprise |
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5. Fire And Rain |
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6. Lonesome Suzie |
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Side B |
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1. Symphony For The Devil / Sympathy For The Devil |
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2. He's A Runner |
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3. Somethin' Comin' On |
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4. 40,000 Headmen |
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