Cahoots (album)

Cahoots
Studio album by The Band
Released	September 15, 1971
Recorded	Early 1971 at Bearsville Sound Studio, Bearsville, New York
Genre	Rock
Length	46:41
Label	Capitol
Producer	The Band
The Band chronology
Stage Fright (1970) Cahoots (1971) Rock of Ages (1972)

Cahoots is the fourth studio album by Canadian/American rock group The Band released in 1971 and was their last all-original studio album for four years. It received only mixed reviews when it first appeared. Robbie Robertson wrote or co-wrote all but one of the album tracks, Bob Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece". Robertson's occasional co-writers include Danko and Helm on "Life is a Carnival", and Van Morrison on "4% Pantomime". The album cover for Cahoots was painted by New York artist/illustrator Gilbert Stone.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	(B-) link
Rolling Stone	(mixed to positive) 1971
Rolling Stone	2004

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Robbie Robertson unless otherwise noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Life Is a Carnival"	Levon Helm, Robertson, Rick Danko	3:55
2.	"When I Paint My Masterpiece"	Bob Dylan	4:21
3.	"Last of the Blacksmiths"		3:41
4.	"Where Do We Go from Here?"		3:47
5.	"4% Pantomime"	Robertson, Van Morrison	4:32
6.	"Shoot Out in Chinatown"		2:51
7.	"The Moon Struck One"		4:09
8.	"Thinkin' Out Loud"		3:19
9.	"Smoke Signal"		5:11
10.	"Volcano"		3:05
11.	"The River Hymn"		4:40

Bonus Track listing from 2000 re-release

All songs written and composed by Robbie Robertson unless otherwise noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Endless Highway (Early studio take)"		3:46
13.	"When I Paint My Masterpiece (Alternate take)"	Bob Dylan	3:57
14.	"Bessie Smith (Outtake)"		4:17
15.	"Don't Do It (Outtake - Studio version)"	Holland-Dozier-Holland	3:54
16.	"Radio Commercial"		1:04

Personnel

• The Band - producers
• Rick Danko - bass, vocals
• Levon Helm - drums, mandolin, upright bass, vocals
• Garth Hudson - organ, piano, tenor and baritone saxophones
• Richard Manuel - piano, drums, organ, slide guitar, vocals
• Robbie Robertson - guitars, piano
• Allen Toussaint - brass arrangements on "Life Is a Carnival"
• Van Morrison - vocals on "4% Pantomime"
• Libby Titus - backing vocals on "The River Hymn"
• Mark Harman - engineer