Loggins and Messina (album)

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Loggins And Messina
Loggins And Messina cover
Studio album by Loggins and Messina
Released October 1972
Genre Rock
Length 36:49
Label Columbia
Producer Kenny Loggins
Jim Messina
Professional reviews
Loggins and Messina chronology
Sittin' In
(1972)		 Loggins and Messina
(1972)		 Full Sail
(1973)

Loggins and Messina is the second album by singer/songwriters Loggins and Messina, released in 1972.

Following on the success of their first album, this album built on the strengths of their debut outing. It also became the true introduction of the team, Loggins and Messina, not as singles playing together, but rather as a team that played as one.

It featured two songs that charted, with "Your Mama Don't Dance" reaching its peak at #4, their highest charting single. The album itself charted at #16.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

Side One
  1. "Good Friend" (Jim Messina) – 4:04

"Whiskey (song)(Kenny Loggins) – 1:58

  1. "Your Mama Don't Dance" (Loggins, Messina) – 2:48
  2. "Long Tail Cat" (Loggins) – 3:47
  3. "Golden Ribbons" (Messina) – 6:08
Side Two
  1. "Thinking of You" (Messina) – 2:19
  2. "Just Before the News" (Messina) – 1:09
  3. "Till The Ends Meet" (Loggins) – 3:10
  4. "Holiday Hotel" (Messina, Al Garth) – 2:02
  5. "Lady of My Heart" (Loggins) – 1:44
  6. "Angry Eyes" (Loggins, Messina) – 7:40

[edit] Personnel

  • Kenny Loggins (vocals, guitar, rhythm guitar, harmonica)
  • Jim Messina (vocals, guitar (acoustic), bass, guitar, mandolin)
  • Merel Bregante (vocals, drums)
  • Lester (Al) Garth (fiddle, violin, horn, recorder, sax (alto), sax (tenor))
  • Michael Omartian (organ, piano, keyboards, clavinet)
  • Rusty Young (dobro, guitar, steel dobro)
  • Jon Clarke (flute, horn, oboe, recorder, sax (baritone), sax (soprano), sax (tenor))
  • Milt Holland (percussion)
  • Larry Sims (vocals, bass)
  • Stephen Stills (vocals)

[edit] Production

  • Producers: Jim Messina, Kenny Loggins
  • Engineer: John Fiore
  • Photography: Jim Marshall, Marsha Reed

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1972 Pop Albums 16

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1972 "Your Mama Don't Dance" Pop Singles 4
1973 "Thinking of You" Pop Singles 18
1973 "Thinking of You" Adult Contemporary 7
1973 "Angry Eyes" AOR 1