Laid Back is the debut studio solo album by American singer-songwriter Gregg Allman, released in October 1973 by Capricorn Records. Allman, best known as the vocalist/lyricist/pianist of the Allman Brothers Band, first began considering a solo career after internal disagreements with that group. He developed the album as a small creative outlet wherein he would […]
Syreeta is the debut studio album by American R&B and soul singer and songwriter Syreeta Wright, released on June 20, 1972 on MoWest, a subsidiary of Motown Records. The self-titled debut album was produced by Wright’s ex-husband, frequent collaborator and musician Stevie Wonder, it was released following the former couple’s separation and subsequent divorce. The […]
Don McLean is an album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in 1972, peaking at number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart. It was reissued by BGO Records in 1996. The photo on the cover of the album was taken overlooking the Village of Cold Spring, NY. Tracks 1 Dreidl (Don McLean) 3:45 2 Branco […]
A Child’s Dream is the an album by Kris Peterson, released in 1972 on Stormy Forest. Tracks 1 (I Ain’t Singin’) No More Sad Songs (Yusuf Rahman, C Rahman, C Wright) 3:07 2 Get On Down (Ray Prickett) 3:18 3 One Sweet Look (S Marquez, M Edgar) 2:42 4 Hard Sometimes (Yusuf Rahman) 3:04 5 […]
Music of My Mind is the fourteenth studio album by American soul musician Stevie Wonder. It was released on March 3, 1972, by Tamla Records. Wonder used synthesizers for many musical parts on this album. It was a modest commercial success, but critics found the record representative of Wonder’s artistic growth, and many contemporary critics […]
“Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)” is a 1972 soul track by Stevie Wonder. It was the second track on Wonder’s Music of My Mind album, and was also released as the first single. In essence a two-part song, there is a coherence in that it tells a story of the singer’s relationship […]
The Fifth Word is an album by multi instrumentalist Jerry Novac, released in 1970 on Embryo Records. Tracks 1 5th Word (Jerry Novac) 9:10 2 1st Word (Jerry Novac) 6:38 3 Present 2nd Ave. (Jerry Novac) 5:16 4 I Am (Classified Freed Speak / I Am / Saturday Night Approval) (Jerry Novac) 14:06 5 Beyond […]
New Morning is the 11th studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on October 19, 1970 by Columbia Records. Coming only four months after the controversial Self Portrait, the more concise and immediate New Morning received a much warmer reception from fans and critics. Most welcome was the return of Dylan’s familiar, nasal singing […]
Keep on Moving is the fifth album by the Butterfield Blues Band, which was released in 1969. It continues in the same R&B/soul-influenced horn-driven direction as the band’s 1968 album In My Own Dream. Keep On Moving reached number 102 in the Billboard Top LPs chart. Tracks 1 Love March (Gene Dinwiddie; Phillip Wilson) 2:58 […]
Born Again is the sixth album by American composer Randy Newman. 1978’s Born Again featured a song satirically mythologizing the Electric Light Orchestra (and their arranging style) entitled “The Story of a Rock and Roll Band”. Tracks 1 It’s Money That I Love (Randy Newman) 3:41 2 The Story Of A Rock And Roll Band […]