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Listening Booth: 1970
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 20, 2010
RecordedNew York City
GenreAdult contemporary
Length43:09
LabelSaguaro Road
ProducerJohn Leventhal
Marc Cohn chronology
Join the Parade
(2007)
Listening Booth: 1970
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

Listening Booth: 1970 is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, released in 2010.

The album was a collection of Cohn's favorite songs from 1970, when he was aged 11. He explained: "It was the beginning of me really falling in love with records and albums and becoming obsessed as a fan. I was a little kid dreaming to find a way to make that a career, and that was the music that started me on that path."[3] He said he was determined to put his own stamp on each song: "For me, it's like what's the use of doing something that was initially brilliant and well known if you don't have anything to bring to it."[3]

The one song on the album not originally released in 1970 was The Box Tops' 1967 hit "The Letter". Cohn said the song was included on the basis of Joe Cocker's 1970 version.[3]

Track listing

Barnes & Noble exclusive edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Close to You"Burt Bacharach, Hal David4:12

Personnel

  • Marc Cohn – lead vocals
  • John Leventhal – guitar, bass, keyboards, organ
  • Dan Rieser – drums (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11)
  • Shawn Pelton – drums (3, 10)
  • Rick DePofi – horns, percussion
  • Tim Luntzel – upright bass (6)
  • Rich Hinman – pedal steel guitar (9)
  • India.Arie – lead vocal ("Make It With You")
  • Kristina Train – harmony vocal ("The Tears of a Clown")
  • Aimee Mann – harmony vocal ("No Matter What")
  • Jim Lauderdale – harmony vocal ("New Speedway Boogie")
  • Kenny Williams – harmony vocal ("The Letter"), background vocal ("Maybe I'm Amazed")
  • Curtis King – background vocal ("Maybe I'm Amazed")
  • D-Train Williams – background vocal ("Maybe I'm Amazed")

References