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| Studio album by The Wannabees | |||||
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| Genre | Funk rock, Folk rock, Hard rock, Pop rock, Progressive rock | ||||
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Black and White (most times called The Wannabees Black and White) is a concept album by the rock band The Wannabees, released on ??? ??, ???. It became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed albums of their career. It was ????'s top-selling album, and gained popularity to the critics, which were unfavourable to the band's first records. Released as the follow-up to the successful concept album Hit-Parade, Black and White continues the concept idea with a collection of songs about happy and unhappy moments of life, but also about racism and racial divisions with the title track "Black and White", "The Gospel Song" and the Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder's "Ebony and Ivory" song cover.
[edit] Track listing
- All lyrics by Peter May.
[edit] Disc one: "Black Side"
- "Black and White" (Peter May) – 1:40
- "I Always Go Wrong" (Peter May, Steven Banks) – 4:10
- "It's Like Winter Today" (Peter May, Steven Banks) – 3:25
- "Contusion" (Wonder) – 3:45
- "The Gospel Song" (Peter May, John Taylor) – 4:50
- "I Wish" (Wonder) – 4:12
- "Knocks Me Off My Feet" (Wonder) – 3:36
- "Pastime Paradise" (Wonder) – 3:27
- "Summer Soft" (Wonder) – 4:14
- "Ordinary Pain" (Wonder) – 6:23
[edit] Disc two: "White Side"
- "Black and White (Reprise)" (Peter May, Steven Banks, John Taylor) – 4:30
- "I'm So Happy When I Get What I Want" (Peter May) – 6:29
- "Black Man" (Byrd/Wonder) – 8:29
- "If It's Magic" (Wonder) – 3:12
- "Sir Duke" (Wonder) – 3:54
- "I Wish" (Wonder) – 4:12
- "I Wish" (Wonder) – 4:12
- "Knocks Me Off My Feet" (Wonder) – 3:36
- "As" (Wonder) – 7:08
- "Ebony and Ivory" (Paul McCartney) – 4:00
The A Something's Extra 7" EP was included with the special edition version of the original LP. These tracks are also on most CD versions of the album, either split between both discs, or appended to the end of the second disc.
TRIVIA: On the track "Saturn", when Stevie Wonder sings the lyrics "people live to be 205" for the first time, it occurs at exactly 2:05 on the time counter.
[edit] Personnel
- Stevie Wonder - Harmonica, Arranger, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals, Drums
- Michael Sembello - Guitar
- Sneaky Pete Kleinow - Pedal Steel
- George Benson - Guitar, Vocals
- Ronnie Foster - Organ
- Herbie Hancock - Keyboards, Handclapping
- Dean Parks - Guitar
- Greg Phillinganes - Keyboards
- W.G. "Snuffy" Walden - Guitar
- Nathan Watts - Bass, Vocals, Handclapping
- Greg Brown - Drums
- Raymond Lee Pounds - Drums
- Hank Redd - Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
- George Bohannon - Trombone
- Ben Bridges - Guitar, Sitar
- Dorothy Ashby - Harp
- Bobbi Humphrey - Flute
- Howard Buzzy Feiten - Guitar
- Steve Madaio - Trumpet
- Trevor Lawrence - Sax (Tenor)
- Glen Ferris - Trombone
- Jim Horn - Saxophone
- Deniece Williams - Vocals
- Minnie Riperton - Vocals
- Gary Byrd - Vocals
- Michael Wycoff - Vocals
- Larry Scott - Sound Effects
- Carol Cole - Percussion
- Bobbye Hall - Percussion
- Jay Boy Adams - Vocals
- Nathan Alford, Jr. - Percussion
- Henry America - Vocals
- Linda America - Vocals
- Baradras - Vocals
- Brenda Barnett - Vocals
- Khalif Bobatoon - Vocals
- Starshemah Bobatoon - Vocals
- Sudana Bobatoon - Vocals
- Charles Brewer - Percussion, Programming, Vocals
- Shirley Brewer - Percussion, Vocals, Speaking Part
- Berry Briges - Vocals
- Cecilia Brown - Vocals
- Eddie "Bongo" Brown - Percussion
- Jean Brown - Vocals
- Rodney Brown - Vocals
- Colleen Carleton - Percussion, Vocals
- Addie Cox - Vocals
- Agnideva Dasa - Vocals
- Duryodhana Guru Dasa - Vocals
- Jayasacinandana Dasa - Vocals
- Jitamrtyi Dasa - Vocals
- Vedavyasa Dasa - Vocals
- Cinmayi Dasi - Vocals
- Yogamaya Dasi - Vocals
- Carolyn Dennis - Vocals
- Bhakta Eddie - Vocals
- Doe Rani Edwards - Vocals
- Jacqueline F. English - Vocals
- Ethel Enoex - Vocals
- Al Jocko Fann - Vocals
- Barbara Fann - Vocals
- Melani Fann - Vocals
- Shelley Fann - Vocals
- Tracy Fann - Vocals
- John Fischbach - Percussion, Programming, Vocals, Engineer
- Susie Fuzzell - Vocals
- Carmelo Garcia - Percussion, Timbales
- Anthony Givens - Vocals
- Audrey Givens - Vocals
- Derrick Givens - Vocals
- Mildred Givens - Vocals
- Michael Lee Gray - Vocals
- Mimi Green - Vocals
- Susaye Greene Brown - Vocals
- Bhakta Gregory - Vocals
- Renee Hardaway - Percussion, Vocals
- John Harris - Sound Effects
- Jeania Harris - Vocals
- John Harris - Programming
- Troy Harris - Vocals
- Nelson Hayes - Percussion, Sound Effects, Vocals
- Terry Hendricks - Vocals
- H. David Henson - Assistant Engineer
- Don Hunter - Programming, Sound Effects
- Adrian Janes - Vocals
- Josie James - Vocals
- Calvin Johnson - Vocals
- Carol Johnson - Vocals
- Patricia Johnson - Vocals
- Madelaine Jones - Vocals
- Bhakta Kevin - Vocals
- Phillip Kimble - Vocals
- James Lambert - Vocals
- Linda Lawrence - Vocals,
- Irma Leslie - Vocals
- Kim Lewis - Vocals
- Carl Lockhart - Vocals
- Gail Lockhart - Vocals
- Raymond Maldonado - Percussion, Trumpet
- Carolyn Massenburg - Vocals
- Artice May - Vocals
- Charity McCrary - Vocals
- Linda McCrary-Campbell - Vocals
- Lonnie Morgan - Vocals
- Kim Nixon - Vocals
- Lisa Nixon - Vocals
- Larri Nuckens - Vocals
- Larry Latimer - Percussion, Vocals
- Amale Mathews - Percussion, Vocals
- Gary Olazabal - Engineer , Bass Sound
- Edna Orso - Percussion, Vocals
- Marietta Waters - Percussion, Vocals
- Josette Valentino - Percussion, Vocals, Handclapping
- Gwen Perry - Vocals
- Gregory Rudd - Vocals
- Rukmini - Vocals
- Yolanda Simmons - Vocals, Handclapping
- Keith Slaughter - Vocals
- Rosona Starks - Vocals
- Dennis Swindell - Vocals
- Sundray Tucker - Vocals
- Gary Veney - Vocals
- Sheryl Walker - Vocals
- Mary Lee Whitney - Vocals
- Syreeta Wright - Vocals
- Michael Gray - Vocals
- Susaye Greene - Vocals
- William Moore - Vocals
- Fountain Jones - Programming
[edit] Covers and Samples
Several songs of Songs in the Key of Life have been covered and sampled.
- "Love's In Need of Love Today"
- Later recorded by Dave Hollister in 2002; also by Joan Osborne on the cover album How Sweet It Is.
- "Have A Talk With God"
- Sampled by Snoop Dogg for his 2006 song Conversations, which featured a re-recorded vocal by Stevie Wonder himself.
- "Contusion"
- Later chopped up and melded with other jazz samples for the Venetian Snares song "Banana Seat Girl" (2002).
- "I Wish"
- Later recorded, with different lyrics, by Will Smith as the theme song for the film Wild Wild West. Sampled and remixed by Ben Leibrand for inclusion on his 1990 album Styles and featuring the rapping talents of (Miss) Nasty Chat. Sampled by Digital Underground for their song "No Nose Job." Sampled by The Black Dog for their song "Ambience With Teeth".
- "Isn't She Lovely"
- a UK top ten hit for David Parton in 1977.
- Black Man
- sung by a group of children on The Richard Pryor Show?
- "Pastime Paradise"
- Later recorded by Ray Barretto and reworked into "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio in 1995, whose version was parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic as "Amish Paradise" in 1996. Sampled again as the basis of "Curtain Falls" by the boy-band Blue on 2004. In 1999, the song was covered by the Finnish humppa band Elakelaiset as "Paratiisihumppa". Also recorded by Patti Smith on her 2007 cover album Twelve. Also sampled in "3-6 in the Mornin" by Three-6 Mafia and "Crack", a bonus track off Scarface's 2007 album Made.
- "Knocks Me Off My Feet"
- Later recorded by Luther Vandross in 1996 and then by Donnell Jones in 1996.
- "Village Ghetto Land"
- Covered by George Michael. Later sampled on Warren G's "Ghetto Village", off his 2001 album Return of the Regulator; in this version, the melody is slightly accelerated and the song is retrofitted with Warren's signature brand of G-Funk.
- "As"
- Later recorded by Michael Bolton in 2001, also a successful duet between George Michael and Mary J. Blige in 1998.
- "Another Star"
- Covered by Kathy Sledge and included (twice) in the 1995 Ministry Of Sound Sessions 4 double CD. Later recorded by Caron Wheeler of Soul II Soul in 2002.
[edit] Charting singles
- 1976: Another Star (Club Play Singles) - No. 2
- 1977: Sir Duke (Adult Contemporary) - No. 3
- 1977: I Wish (Adult Contemporary) - No. 23
- 1977: Isn't She Lovely (Adult Contemporary) - No. 23
- 1977: Another Star (Pop Singles) - No. 32
- 1977: I Wish (Pop Singles) - No. 1
- 1977: Sir Duke (Pop Singles) - No. 1
- 1977: Another Star (Black Singles) - No. 18
- 1977: Another Star (Adult Contemporary) - No. 29
- 1977: As (Black Singles) - No. 36
- 1977: I Wish (Black Singles) - No. 1
- 1977: Sir Duke (Black Singles) - No. 1
- 1977: As (Adult Contemporary) - No. 24
- 1978: As (Pop Singles) - No. 36
- 1978: Knocks Me Off My Feet (Pop Singles) - No. 11
- 1978: Knocks Me Off My Feet (Black Singles) - No. 4
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| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1976 | Billboard 200 (80 Week) | 1 (14 Week) |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- [1] Audio streams: WBEZ program 'Extensions' broadcast a 3 hour special commemorating the album's 30th anniversary
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Category:1976 albums Category:Grammy Award for Album of the Year Category:Motown Records albums Category:Stevie Wonder albums Category:United States National Recording Registry Category:Albums in the 33⅓ Series
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| Studio album by Paul McCartney & Wings | |||||
| Released | 7 December 1973 | ||||
| Recorded | September-October 1973, Lagos, Nigeria | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 41:05 | ||||
| Label | Apple Records/EMI | ||||
| Producer | Paul McCartney | ||||
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Band on the Run is an album by Wings, released in 1973.[1] McCartney's fifth album (or Paul McCartney & Wings' third),
[edit] Background
After the success of Red Rose Speedway, "Live And Let Die" - the new James Bond theme song - was released as the next "Wings" single (without McCartney's name in the artist credit) and became a worldwide smash. It was at this juncture that Paul and wife Linda McCartney began contemplating their next album. Bored with recording in the UK, they really wanted to challenge themselves and Wings by going to some exotic locale. Asking EMI to send him a listing of all its international recording studios, Paul happened upon Lagos in Nigeria and was instantly taken with the idea of recording in Africa. Alongside the McCartneys, guitarist Denny Laine was set to go, as well as lead guitarist Henry McCullough, and drummer Denny Seiwell. However, a few weeks before departing in late August, McCullough quit Wings in Scotland; with Seiwell following suit the night before the departure, this left just the core of the band, Paul, Linda and Denny Laine, to venture to Lagos alone.
While there, both the McCartneys were mugged at knifepoint, and were accosted in the studio by legendary musician Fela Kuti for fear that Paul was plagiarizing African music (fears which McCartney quickly assuaged by playing Kuti the recorded music), and were persuaded to record at Ginger Baker's studio in Lagos (where he lived at the time) by Baker himself, once he heard that the McCartneys were in town. During this time, only the recording of the ensuing album's backing tracks took place.
In October, after the band's return to London, final overdubs and orchestral tracks were added and the album was finished. "Helen Wheels" was released as a non-album single at the end of the month, becoming a worldwide Top 10 by the end of the year. As Band On The Run was being prepared for release, Capitol Records, who distributed The Beatles' Apple Records label in the United States, slotted "Helen Wheels" into the album - although it was never McCartney's intention to do so. The 1993 international CD reissue of the album - without the single interrupting the album's line-up - confirms this. Although "Helen Wheels" was never included on British versions of the Band on the Run CD (except as a bonus cut on the 1993 "Paul McCartney Collection" edition of the CD), American editions of the CD (starting with the Columbia Records release of 1984) continue to feature the song. The artwork on the first (1987) Capitol Records release of the CD, however, not only failed to include the song's title among its contents, but it also only listed nine tracks on the album when there were actually ten.
[edit] Release
Band on the Run was issued that December to positively glowing reviews. The commercial reaction was slow, with the album gradually inching its way up the charts, but by the spring of 1974, bolstered by the hits "Jet" and the title track, Band On The Run was a large success. It reached #1 in the US on three separate occasions, a first, and eventually went triple platinum. In the UK, it spent seven weeks at the summit that summer, becoming the top selling British album of 1974. Its lingering success was also beneficial in allowing Wings the time to locate a new guitarist and drummer, and to integrate them into the band before beginning new recordings.
In early 1975, Band on the Run won the Grammy award for "Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus."
The lead track, "Band on the Run" generally set the pace for the rest of the album. To tie back in with the album's title, the final track, "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" (also known as "1985"), fades into the "Band on the Run" chorus, to close off the album.
In 1993, Band on the Run was remastered and reissued on CD as part of "The Paul McCartney Collection" series with "Helen Wheels" and its b-side "Country Dreamer" as bonus tracks.
In 1999, a special 25th Anniversary Edition was released.[2]
In May 2007, the album was made available through the iTunes Store.
[edit] Cover
The cover of Band on the Run is also noteworthy. Shot on 28 October 1973, it depicts the now well-known shot of Paul, Linda, and Denny plus six other celebrities dressed as convicts caught in the spotlight of a prison searchlight. They are: Michael Parkinson (journalist and UK chat-show host), Kenny Lynch (singer, actor and comedian), James Coburn (Hollywood actor), Clement Freud (gourmet, raconteur, Member of Parliament, Just a Minute panellist and grandson of Sigmund), Christopher Lee (UK actor, best known for roles in horror films and as Saruman in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy) and John Conteh (Liverpool boxer who later became World Light-Heavyweight champion). The picture was taken against a garden wall in Osterley Park, Brentford. References to the cover were to be made later by McCartney himself (in the video for "Spies Like Us", along with Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd) as well as others (such as the movie poster for the Dreamworks' animated film Madagascar, which depicts the main characters standing against a wall in a pose strikingly similar to the original "Band on the Run" photo.)
[edit] Track listing
All tracks written by Paul and Linda McCartney, except where noted.
- "Band on the Run" – 5:10
- "Jet" – 4:06
- "Bluebird" – 3:22
- "Mrs. Vandebilt" – 4:38
- "Let Me Roll It" – 4:47
- "Mamunia" – 4:50
- "No Words" (P. McCartney, Denny Laine) – 2:33
- "Helen Wheels" - 3:34 (United States only)
- "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)" – 5:50
- "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" – 5:27
- "Country Dreamer" - 3:08 (Bonus Track - The Paul McCartney Collection only)
[edit] Personnel
- Paul McCartney – lead, rhythm and bass guitars, drums, piano, keyboards, percussion, vocals
- Linda McCartney – organ, keyboards, percussion, vocals
- Denny Laine – rhythm, lead and bass guitars, vocals
[edit] Additional personnel
- Howie Casey – saxophone
- Ginger Baker – percussion
- Remi Kabaka – percussion
- Tony Visconti – orchestrations
- Ian and Trevor – backing vocals
- Geoff Emerick – Producer and Sound Engineer
[edit] Chart positions
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1974 | Billboard Pop Albums | 1 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1974 | "Band on the Run" | Billboard Pop Singles | 1 |
| 1974 | "Helen Wheels" | Billboard Pop Singles | 10 |
| 1974 | "Jet" | Billboard Pop Singles | 7 |
[edit] Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
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| RIAA – USA | Gold | December 20, 1973 |
| BPI – UK | Gold | January 1, 1974 |
| RIAA – USA | Platinum | June 4, 1974 |
| BPI – UK | Platinum | May 1, 1975 |
| RIAA – USA | Platinum | November 27, 1991 |
| RIAA – USA | Double Platinum | November 27, 1991 |
| RIAA – USA | Triple Platinum | November 27, 1991 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ McGee, Garry. p. Page numbers needed
[edit] References
- McGee, Garry “Band on the Run: A History of Paul McCartney and Wings", Taylor Trade Publishing, 28 April 2003, ISBN 0-87833-304-5
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| Studio album by Wings | |||||
| Released | 27 May 1975 | ||||
| Recorded | January - February 1975 | ||||
| Genre | Pop/Rock | ||||
| Length | 43:11 | ||||
| Label | Capitol/EMI | ||||
| Producer | Paul McCartney | ||||
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Venus and Mars is the fourth album by Wings, Paul McCartney's group formed after The Beatles' dissolution. Released as the follow-up to the enormously successful Band on the Run, Venus and Mars continued Wings' string of success and would prove a springboard for a year-long worldwide tour.[1]
[edit] Context
After recording Band on the Run as a three-piece with wife Linda and guitarist Denny Laine, McCartney added Jimmy McCulloch on lead guitar and Geoff Britton on drums to the Wings lineup in 1974. Having written several new songs for the next album, McCartney decided upon New Orleans, Louisiana as the recording venue, and Wings headed there in January of 1975.[1]
As soon as the sessions began, the personality clash that had been evident between McCulloch and Britton during Wings' 1974 sessions in Nashville became more pronounced, and Britton — after a mere six month stay — quit Wings, having only played on three of the new songs.[1] A replacement, American Joe English, was quickly auditioned and hired to finish the album.[2]
The sessions themselves proved to be very productive, not only finishing the entire album, but also several additional songs including two future McCartney B-sides: "Lunch Box/Odd Sox" and "My Carnival".[1] McCartney also decided to link the songs together much like The Beatles had on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to give the album a more continuous feel.[3]
[edit] Releases
Preceded by the feel-good single "Listen to What the Man Said" in May, the confident-sounding Venus and Mars appeared two weeks later to decent reviews and brisk sales. The album reached #1 in the US, the UK and worldwide (as did "Listen to What the Man Said" in the US) and sold several million copies, even if the reaction was not as monstrous as what had greeted Band on the Run a year earlier.
Two additional singles, "Letting Go" and "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" were released, though to less success. Although the latter almost reached the US Top 10, it didn't chart at all in the UK.
By September, Wings kicked off what would be their year-long Wings Over the World tour in the UK, with Australia, the United States and Canada pencilled in for the coming months; Venus and Mars material would be heavily featured.
In 1993, Venus and Mars was remastered and reissued on CD as part of "The Paul McCartney Collection" series with "Zoo Gang" (a UK television theme that was "Band on the Run"'s UK b-side in 1974), "Lunch Box/Odd Sox" (one of "Coming Up"'s two B-sides in 1980), and "My Carnival" ("Spies Like Us"' B-side in 1985) as bonus tracks.
Wings' interpretation of the theme to Crossroads, a British soap opera, ultimately replaced the show's version.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Paul McCartney, except where indicated.
- "Venus and Mars" – 1:20
- "Rock Show" – 5:31
- "Love in Song" – 3:04
- "You Gave Me the Answer" – 2:15
- "Magneto and Titanium Man" – 3:16
- "Letting Go" – 4:33
- "Venus and Mars (Reprise)" – 2:05
- "Spirits of Ancient Egypt" – 3:04
- Lead vocal by Denny Laine
- "Medicine Jar" (Jimmy McCulloch/Colin Allen) – 3:37
- Lead vocal by Jimmy McCulloch
- "Call Me Back Again" – 4:59
- "Listen to What the Man Said" – 4:01
- "Treat Her Gently/Lonely Old People" – 4:21
- "Crossroads Theme" (Tony Hatch) – 1:00
[edit] Bonus Tracks (1993 release)
- "The Zoo Gang"– 2:01 (Theme from the UK TV series The Zoo Gang)
- "Lunch Box/Odd Sox" – 3:50 (Previously released as B-side of "Coming Up")
- "My Carnival" – 3:57 (Previously released as B-side of "Spies Like Us")
[edit] Personnel
- Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, guitars, keyboards, piano, vocals.
- Denny Laine: Guitars, keyboards, vocals.
- Linda McCartney: Keyboards, percussion, vocals.
- Jimmy McCulloch: Guitars, vocals.
- Joe English: Drums, percussion.
- Geoff Britton: Drums (tracks 3, 6 & 9).
[edit] Additional personnel
- Kenneth "Afro" Williams: Conga
- Dave Mason: Guitar
- Tom Scott: Saxophone
- Allen Toussaint: Piano, keyboards
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1975 | Billboard Pop Albums | 1 |
Single
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1975 | "Listen to What the Man Said" | Billboard Pop singles | 1 |
| 1975 | "Letting Go" | Billboard Pop singles | 39 |
| 1975 | "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" | Billboard Pop singles | 12 |
[edit] Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
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| RIAA – USA | Gold | June 2, 1975 |
| BPI – UK | Gold | July 1, 1975 |
| CRIA – Canada | Gold | May 1, 1976 |
| CRIA – Canada | Platinum | May 1, 1976 |
| BPI – UK | Platinum | August 1, 1976 |
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Category:Wings albums Category:1975 albums Category:Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis
