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Bend Me, Shape Me (album)

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Bend Me, Shape Me
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1968
Recorded1967
StudioUniversal Recording Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
GenrePop, rock
Length29:42
LabelActa
ProducerBill Traut
The American Breed chronology
The American Breed
(1967)
Bend Me, Shape Me
(1968)
Pumpkin, Powder, Scarlet & Green
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Bend Me, Shape Me is the second album from the 1960s jazz–rock group The American Breed, released in February 1968. The album peaked at #99 on Billboard's pop albums chart,[2] and the title song, a cover of The Outsiders 1966 song, became the group's only Top 10 hit, reaching #5 on Billboard's pop singles chart in February 1968.[3] The album and the single both went gold, and remains the group's biggest selling album to this day. The only other major hit single from this album was a cover of The Vulcanes 1966 song "Green Light" (#39).[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Green Light"Annette Tucker, Nancy Mantz2:15
2."Don't It Make You Cry"Al Ciner3:10
3."Mindrocker"Keith Colley, Linda Colley2:38
4."Bird"Ciner, Gary Loizzo2:39
5."Something You've Got"Chris Kenner2:47
6."Don't Make Me Leave You"Martin Siegel, Scott English2:18
7."Bend Me, Shape Me"Larry Weiss, English2:25
8."Before and After"Van McCoy2:45
9."Sometime in the Morning"Gerry Goffin, Carole King2:20
10."I've Been Tryin'"Curtis Mayfield3:05
11."No Easy Way Down"Goffin, King3:20

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Bend Me, Shape Me at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Billboard 200 - The American Breed - Bend Me, Shape Me". Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 - The American Breed - Bend Me, Shape Me". Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 - The American Breed - Green Light". Retrieved April 29, 2021.
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