Whale Meat Again
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| Studio album by Jim Capaldi | ||||
| Released | August 1974 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 41:02 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Jim Capaldi | |||
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Whale Meat Again is the second studio album by the British musician Jim Capaldi.
It was released by Island Records in 1974. Like his first solo album, it failed commercially in his native United Kingdom but did better in the USA. With help from the hit opening track "It's All Right", which spent seven weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 55,[1] the album reached number 191 in the Billboard 200.[2]
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [3] |
Allmusic's retrospective review commented that the album was more focused on mood than Capaldi's debut, with longer songs built on soulful grooves.[3]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Jim Capaldi; except where indicated.
- "It's All Right"
- "Whale Meat Again"
- "Yellow Sun"
- "I've Got So Much Lovin'"
- "Low Rider"
- "My Brother"
- "Summer is Fading"
- "We'll Meet Again" (Hughie Charles, Ross Parker) [secret track - concept credited to Vivian Stanshall]
Two additional tracks were recorded in the same sessions. The first, an acoustic version of "Whale Meat Again", was released only on the B-side of the single "It's All Up to You" (from Short Cut Draw Blood). The second, "You & Me", was eventually released on the compilation album Koss. Capaldi also re-recorded "You & Me" with partially different lyrics and a new title, "The Contender", for his album of the same name.
Personnel
Musicians
- Jim Capaldi - lead vocals
and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (except on "Summer is Fading"):
- Pete Carr - lead guitars
- Jimmy Johnson - guitar
- Barry Beckett - piano (except on "Whale Meat Again"), steel drum on "It's All Right"
- David Hood - bass (except on "Yellow Sun")
- Roger Hawkins - drums
- Muscle Shoals Horns - horns
with:
- Rabbit Bundrick - piano and organ on "Whale Meat Again"
- Chris Stainton - organ on "Yellow Sun"
- Jean Roussel - bass on "Yellow Sun", clavinet on "Low Rider"
- Chris Stewart - fuzz bass on "My Brother"
- Remi Kabaka - percussion on "Low Rider"
- Steve Winwood - organ on "It's All Right" and "Summer is Fading", bass on "Summer is Fading"
- Anthony "Bubs" White - guitars on "Summer is Fading"
- Gaspar Lawal - drums on "Summer is Fading"
- Derek Quinn - cabassa on "Summer is Fading"
- Rebop Kwaku Baah - conga on "Summer is Fading"
- Potato Smith - backing vocals on "It's All Right" and "Yellow Sun"
- Laurence Peabody - backing vocals on "It's All Right" and "Yellow Sun"
- Harry Robinson - string arrangements on "Yellow Sun" and "Low Rider"
Technical
- Howard Kilgour, Phil Brown, Steve Melton - engineers
- Rhett Davies, Richard Elen - tape ops
- Tony Wright - artwork, design
- Richard Polack - front cover photography
- Don Neff, Natalie Neff - back cover photography
References
- ↑ "It's All Right" chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
- ↑ Jim Capaldi in the Billboard charts, Allmusic. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
- 1 2 Whale Meat Again at AllMusic