Power in the Music

Power in the Music
Studio album by The Guess Who
Released	July 1975
Recorded	March 1975
Genre	Rock
Length	43:00
Label	RCA Records
Producer	Jack Richardson
The Guess Who chronology
Flavours (1974) Power in the Music (1975) The Way They Were (1976)
Singles from Power in the Music
"Rosanne" Released: 1975 "When the Band Was Singin' 'Shakin' All Over" Released: 1975

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Power in the Music is the fourteenth studio album by the Canadian rock band the Guess Who. The album was released in 1975 by RCA Records. It is the last album by the group to feature lead singer Burton Cummings.

The album features two hit singles: "Roseanne"(U.S. #105, Canada #55) and "When the Band Was Singin' `Shakin' All Over`" (U.S. #102).

Release history

In addition to the usual 2 channel stereo version the album was also released by RCA in a 4 channel quadraphonic version on both LP and 8-track tape. The quad LP version was released using the Quadradisc system.

The album was later released on CD by Iconoclassic with two bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Burton Cummings and Domenic Troiano.

1. "Down and Out Woman" – 3:37
2. "Women" – 3:25
3. "When the Band Was Singin' `Shakin' All Over`" – 3:35
4. "Dreams" – 4:45
5. "Rich World/Poor World" – 6:20
6. "Rosanne" – 4:17
7. "Coors for Sunday" – 4:25
8. "Shopping Bag Lady" – 5:40
9. "Power in the Music" – 6:35

2014 Iconoclassic remaster bonus tracks:

• 10. "When the Band Was Singin' (Shakin' All Over)" (Rehearsal Take) – 4:54
• 11. "Coors for Sunday" (Rehearsal Take), Medley: "Then I Kissed Her" (Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry), "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry), "Carol" (Berry), plus a snippet rehearsal take of "Shopping Bag Lady" – 13:38

Personnel

The Guess Who

• Burton Cummings – lead vocals, keyboards
• Domenic Troiano – guitar, backing vocals
• Bill Wallace – bass, backing vocals
• Garry Peterson – drums

Additional personnel

• Brian Christian – engineer
• Jack Richardson – producer

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1975	RPM	63
	Billboard 200	87

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1975	"Rosanne"	Canada RPM	55
		US Billboard	105
	"When the Band Was Singin' `Shakin' All Over`"		102