Blood, Sweat & Tears (album)

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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Studio album by Blood, Sweat & Tears
Released	January 1969
Recorded	August 2, 1968 - October 22, 1968
Genre	Rock Jazz Fusion
Length	45:36 (original)
Label	Columbia
Producer	James William Guercio
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
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 for Album of the Year in 1970.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Musicians 3 Production 4 Charts

[edit] Track listing

The original LP release included the following tracks:

1. "Variations On A Theme By Erik Satie" (1st and 2nd Movements) – 2:35
   • Adapted From "Trois Gymnopédies"
2. "Smiling Phases" (Steve Winwood, J. Capaldi, C. Wood) – 5:11
3. "Sometimes In Winter" (Steve Katz) – 3:09
4. "More And More" (P. Vee, D. Juan) – 3:04
5. "And When I Die" (Laura Nyro) – 4:06
6. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, A. Herzog) – 5:55
7. "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) – 4:08
8. "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (Berry Gordy Jr., Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, F. Wilson) – 4:19
9. "Blues - Part II" (Blood, Sweat & Tears) – 11:44
10. "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] Musicians

• David Clayton-Thomas - lead vocals except as noted
• Lew Soloff - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Bobby Colomby - drums, percussion, vocals
• Jim Fielder - bass
• Dick Halligan - organ, piano, flute, trombone, vocals
• Steve Katz - guitar, harmonica, vocals (lead vocals on "Sometimes In Winter")
• Fred Lipsius - alto saxophone, piano
• Chuck Winfield - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Jerry Hyman - trombone, recorder

[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
1969	Pop Albums	1

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
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

Preceded by TCB by Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations

Billboard 200 number-one album March 29 - April 4, 1969 April 12 - April 25, 1969 July 26 - August 22, 1969

Succeeded by Hair by Original Cast

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