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Released
  
June 1971

BS&T 4 (1971)
  
Greatest Hits (1972)

Release date
  
June 1971

Genre
  
Rock music

Length
  
40:26

Artist
  
Blood, Sweat & Tears

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Producers
  
Don Heckman, Bobby Colomby, Roy Halee

Similar
  
Blood - Sweat & Tears 3, New Blood, No Sweat, New City, More Than Ever

Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 is the fourth album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1971. It peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Pop albums chart.

Contents

The band invited former member Al Kooper to contribute the song "John the Baptist (Holy John)." Trombonist Dave Bargeron replaced Jerry Hyman.

David Clayton-Thomas left as lead vocalist to pursue a solo career after the release of BS&T 4, as did founding members Dick Halligan and Fred Lipsius. Clayton-Thomas would return to the lineup for New City.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote "the band's cohesion seemed to be disintegrating. Although the album scraped the Top Ten briefly and went gold, it marked the end of BS&T's period of wide commercial success on records." Music critic Robert Christgau's only comments were "Aww-shuck! heck."

Track listing

  1. "Go Down Gamblin'" (David Clayton-Thomas) – 4:14
  2. "Cowboys and Indians" (Dick Halligan, Terry Kirkman) – 3:07
  3. "John the Baptist (Holy John)" (Al Kooper, Phyllis Major) – 3:35
  4. "Redemption" (Halligan, Clayton-Thomas) – 5:11
  5. "Lisa, Listen to Me" (Halligan, Clayton-Thomas) – 2:58
  6. "A Look to My Heart" (Fred Lipsius) – 0:52
  7. "High on a Mountain" (Steve Katz) – 3:13
  8. "Valentine's Day" (Katz) – 3:56
  9. "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 3:27
  10. "For My Lady" (Katz) – 3:23
  11. "Mama Gets High" (Dave Bargeron, Katz) – 4:09
  12. "A Look to My Heart" (Lipsius) – 2:07

Personnel

  • Dave Bargeron - trombone, tuba, bass trombone, baritone horn, acoustic bass
  • David Clayton-Thomas - lead vocals except as noted; guitar on "Go Down Gamblin'"
  • Bobby Colomby - drums, percussion
  • Jim Fielder - bass; guitar on "Redemption"
  • Dick Halligan - organ, trombone, piano, flute
  • Steve Katz - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica, mandolin; lead vocals on "Valentine's Day"
  • Fred Lipsius - alto saxophone, piano, organ, clarinet
  • Lew Soloff - trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
  • Chuck Winfield - trumpet, flugelhorn

    • Additional musicians

  • Don Heckman - clarinet, bass clarinet ("Valentine's Day" and "For My Lady")
  • Michael Smith - congas ("Redemption")

    • Production

  • Producers: Don Heckman, Bobby Colomby, Roy Halee
  • Engineers: Roy Halee, Lou Waxman, Robert Honablue
  • Arrangers: Dave Bargeron, David Clayton-Thomas, Jim Fielder, Dick Halligan, Al Kooper, Fred Lipsius
  • Design and Photography: Norman Seeff

    • Charts

    Album - Billboard (North America)

    Singles - Billboard (North America)

    Songs

    1Go Down Gamblin'4:17
    2Cowboys and Indians3:11
    3John the Baptist (Holy John)3:39

    References

    Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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