Blood, Sweat & Tears (album)
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| Studio album by Blood, Sweat & Tears | ||
| Released | January 1969 | |
| Recorded | August 2, 1968 - October 22, 1968 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 45:36 (original) | |
| Label | Columbia | |
| Producer(s) | James William Guercio | |
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| Blood, Sweat & Tears chronology | ||
| Child Is Father to the Man (1968) |
Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969) |
Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 (1970) |
- For the similarly-titled Johnny Cash album, see Blood, Sweat and Tears (album).
Blood, Sweat & Tears is the 1969 self-titled second album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears.
After the critical success of the first album, bandleader Al Kooper and two other members left the group. Bobby Colomby and Steve Katz searched for a replacement singer, settling on 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; as a result, the album was a huge commercial success, rising to the top of the U.S. charts and yielding three successive Top 5 singles. It also received favorable reviews from the music critics, and received a Grammy Award as Album of the Year.
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[edit] Track listing
The original LP release included the following tracks:
- "Variations On A Theme By Erik Satie" (1st and 2nd Movements) – 2:35
- Adapted From "Trois Gymnopédies"
- "Smiling Phases" (Steve Winwood, J. Capaldi, C. Wood) – 5:11
- "Sometimes In Winter" (Steve Katz) – 3:09
- "More And More" (P. Vee, D. Juan) – 3:04
- "And When I Die" (Laura Nyro) – 4:06
- "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, A. Herzog) – 5:55
- "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) – 4:08
- "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (Berry Gordy Jr., Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, F. Wilson) – 4:19
- "Blues - Part II" (Blood, Sweat & Tears) – 11:44
- "Variations On A Theme By Erik Satie" (1st Movement) – 1:49
A remastered CD which added live bonus tracks of "More And More" and "Smiling Phases" was released in 2000.
[edit] Personnel
- David Clayton-Thomas - lead vocals except as noted
- Bobby Colomby - drums, percussion, vocals
- Jim Fielder - bass
- Dick Halligan - organ, piano, flute, trombone, vocals
- Jerry Hyman - trombone, recorder
- Steve Katz - guitar, harmonica, vocals (lead vocals on "Sometimes In Winter")
- Fred Lipsius - alto saxophone, piano
- Lew Soloff - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Chuck Winfield - trumpet, flugelhorn
[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 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1969 | "You've Made Me So Very Happy" | Pop Singles | 2 |
| 1969 | "And When I Die" | Pop Singles | 2 |
| 1969 | "Spinning Wheel" | Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| 1969 | "Spinning Wheel" | Pop Singles | 2 |
