Blood, Sweat & Tears (album)
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| Studio album by Blood, Sweat & Tears | ||||
| Released | December 11, 1968 | |||
| Recorded | August 2, 1968 - October 22, 1968 | |||
| Genre | Rock Jazz fusion |
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| Length | 45:36 (original) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | James William Guercio | |||
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Blood, Sweat & Tears is the second album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1968. It was a huge commercial success, rising to the top of the U.S. charts for a collective seven weeks and yielding three successive Top 5 singles. It received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1970 and has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA with sales of more than four million units in the U.S. In Canada, it enjoyed four runs and altogether eight weeks at #1 on the RPM national album chart.
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[edit] History
Bandleader Al Kooper and two other members had left Blood, Sweat & Tears after their first album. Bobby Colomby and Steve Katz searched for a replacement singer and selected David Clayton-Thomas. Three more musicians joined to bring the band to nine members. Columbia assigned James 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. It was recorded at the then state of the art CBS Studios in New York City. The studio had just taken delivery of one of the first of the model MM-1000 16-track tape recorders, built by Ampex. The new technology allowed for far more flexibility in overdubbing and mixing than the 4- and 8-track tape recorders which were standard in 1968. The album was among the very first 16-track recordings released to the public.[citation needed]
The album was selected for the 2006 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[1]
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[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side 1
- "Variations on a Theme By Erik Satie" (1st and 2nd Movements) – 2:35
- Adapted from "Trois Gymnopédies"; arr. by Dick Halligan
- Recorded October 9, 1968
- "Smiling Phases" (Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood) – 5:11
- Recorded October 15, 1968
- "Sometimes in Winter" (Steve Katz) – 3:09
- Recorded October 8, 1968
- "More and More" (Vee Pee Smith, Don Juan) – 3:04
- Recorded October 15, 1968
- "And When I Die" (Laura Nyro) – 4:06
- Recorded October 22, 1968
- "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.) – 5:55
- Recorded October 7, 1968
[edit] Side 2
- "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) – 4:08
- Recorded October 9, 1968
- "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (Berry Gordy Jr., Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson) – 4:19
- Recorded October 16, 1968
- "Blues - Part II" (Blood, Sweat & Tears) – 11:44
- Recorded October 22, 1968
- Interpolating "Sunshine of Your Love" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Eric Clapton) and "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon)
- "Variations on a Theme By Erik Satie" (1st Movement) – 1:49
- Recorded October 9, 1968
- The footsteps heard at the end of the track are those of model Lucy Angle
A remastered CD which added live bonus tracks of "More and More" and "Smiling Phases" (both recorded at The Cafe au Go-Go, New York, August 2, 1968) was released in 2000.
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1969 | Pop Albums | 1 |
Album - UK Albums Chart (United Kingdom)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1969 | Top 40 Albums | 15[3] |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1969 | "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (3:26 edit) B-side: "Blues - Part II" (5:26 edit) |
Pop Singles | 2 |
| 1969 | "And When I Die" (3:26 edit) B-side: "Sometimes In Winter" |
Pop Singles | 2 |
| 1969 | "Spinning Wheel" (2:39 edit) B-side: "More and More" |
Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| 1969 | "Spinning Wheel" | Pop Singles | 2 |
[edit] References
- ^ "1001 Official Website". http://1001beforeyoudie.com/. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ "Blood, Sweat & Tears > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r2095. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ "Every Hit.com". http://www.everyhit.com. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
| Preceded by TCB by Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations |
US Billboard 200 number-one album March 29 - April 4, 1969 April 12–25, 1969 July 26 - August 22, 1969 |
Succeeded by Hair by Original Cast |
| Preceded by Yellow Submarine by The Beatles Hair by Original Cast Hair by Original Cast Hair by Original Cast |
Canadian RPM 100 number-one album March 31, 1969 (1 week) April 28 - May 12, 1969 (3 weeks) July 28, 1969 (1 week) August 16–30, 1969 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by Hair by Original Cast Hair by Original Cast Romeo and Juliet by Original Soundtrack At San Quentin by Johnny Cash |
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