Length 37:29 Release date 26 June 1972 Genres Rock music, Pop music | ||
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Released June 26, 1972 (1972-06-26) Carney(1972) Hank Wilson's Back(1973) Similar Leon Russell albums, Rock music albums | ||
Leon russell carney full album 1972
Carney is Leon Russell's third solo studio album, released in 1972. It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 200 and was the first for Russell to contain a hit single — "Tight Rope" b/w "This Masquerade" — which reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Contents
Reception
In a review for Allmusic, the critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called "Tight Rope", the opening track, "an excellent introduction to an off-kilter, confused, fascinating album" and said that the album "consolidates his two extremes, offering a side of fairly straightforward roots rock before delving headfirst into twisted psychedelia on the second side." Critic Robert Christgau expressed similar sentiments, writing, "Not the radical falloff some report — just slippage, the first side listenable and the second flaky."
Track listing
All tracks composed by Leon Russell except where indicated
- "Tight Rope" – 2:59
- "Out in the Woods" – 3:35
- "Me and Baby Jane" – 3:52
- "Manhattan Island Serenade" – 3:25
- "Cajun Love Song" – 3:08
- "Roller Derby" – 2:22
- "Carney" – :47
- "Acid Annapolis" (Leon Russell, Don Preston) – 2:47
- "If the Shoe Fits" – 2:21
- "My Cricket" – 2:55
- "This Masquerade" – 4:22
- "Magic Mirror" – 4:56
Personnel
Songs
1Tight Rope3:01
2Out In The Woods3:36
3Me and Baby Jane3:53