| No Sweat | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 1973 | |||
| Recorded | Electric Lady Studios, New York City and Trident Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Rock, jazz | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Steve Tyrell | |||
| Blood, Sweat & Tears chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
No Sweat is the sixth album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1973.[2]
By mid-1973, Steve Katz, one of the founding members of BS&T, had left the band as the members leaned further towards jazz fusion. No Sweat continued in the jazz-fusion vein and featured intricate horn work.
No Sweat was re-released on CD in 2005 on the Wounded Bird label.
Production
No Sweat was produced by Steve Tyrell.[4] Paul Buckmaster was brought in to provide string arrangements.[5]
Reception
AllMusic critic Ross Boissoneau wrote that the album "may be the jazziest BS&T ever."[1] The critic for the Daily Herald wrote that "[Jerry] Fisher's gravelly voice seems the perfect replacement and, while I at first thought he tried too much to sound like Clayton-Thomas, he now appears to have evolved a strong singing style of his own."[6]
Track listing
- "Roller Coaster" (Mark James) – 3:23
- "Save Our Ship" (Georg Wadenius, Cynthia Weil) – 3:43
- "Django (An Excerpt)" (John Lewis) – 2:08
- "Rosemary" (Randy Newman) – 3:13
- "Song for John" (Lou Marini) – 2:53
- "Almost Sorry" (Jeff Kent, Doug Lubahn) – 6:26
- "Back Up Against the Wall" (Buddy Buie, James Cobb) – 3:21
- "Hip Pickles" (Marini) – 1:31
- "My Old Lady" (Wadenius, Weil) – 3:15
- "Empty Pages" (Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood) – 3:15
- "Mary Miles" (Michael Rabon) – 2:26
- "Inner Crisis" (Larry Willis) – 5:40
Personnel
- Jerry Fisher – vocals
- Dave Bargeron - trombone, tuba, bass trombone, baritone horn, background vocals
- Bobby Colomby - drums, percussion, background vocals
- Jim Fielder - bass, background vocals
- Lou Marini - woodwinds
- Lew Soloff - trumpet
- Tom Malone – trumpet, ARP, 12-String fiddle
- Georg Wadenius – guitar, background vocals
- Larry Willis – keyboards
Additional musicians
- Paul Buckmaster – synthesizer, ARP, horn arrangements, string arrangements, string conductor
- David Hentschel – synthesizer, ARP
- Steve Katz – guitar
- Chuck Winfield - trumpet, flugelhorn, French horn
- Jimmy Maelen – percussion
- Frank Ricotti – percussion
- Joshie Armstead – background vocals
- Valerie Simpson – background vocals
- Maretha Stewart – background vocals
Charts
| Chart (1973) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Top LPs | 72[7] |
References
- 1 2 Boissoneau, Ross. "No Sweat > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 686.
- ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 68.
- ↑ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 29, 1973 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Inside Track". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 23, 1973 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "No Sweat". Daily Herald: 31. August 31, 1973.
- ↑ "Blood, Sweat & Tears". Billboard.