Life and Love (Leon Russell album)
Life and Love | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1979 | |||
Recorded | 1979 | |||
Studio | Paradise (Burbank, California) | |||
Length | 34:13 | |||
Label | Paradise Records and Warner Records | |||
Producer | Leon Russell | |||
Leon Russell chronology | ||||
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Life and Love is an album by singer and songwriter
in 1979, and re-released on CD in 2007 and 2012.Russell used
After releasing Life and Love Leon Russell went on tour with the group
Critical reception
The Globe and Mail determined that "there is nothing here to compare with the tender charm of 'A Song For You' (which obviously was a lucky fluke) just a bevy of tedious tunes drawled in an irritating manner... Leon Russell should have been placed in a time capsule in 1970."[4]
Country Music: The Encyclopedia reviewed Life and Love: "A new collection of Leon's came out on Paradises titled Life and Love, that was consistently strong in music and performance. The album present both sides of Leon – several fine country and country rock tracks and a number of blues rockers that harked back to his work in the early 1970."[5]
Track listing
All songs composed by Leon Russell.
Side one
- "One More Love Song" – 4:01
- "You Girl" – 3:26
- "Struck by Lightning" – 2:51
- "Strange Love" – 4:06
- "Life and Love" – 3:21
Side two
- "On the First Day" – 4:21
- "High Horse" – 4:41
- "Sweet Mystery" – 5:13
- "On the Borderline" – 2:15
Charts
Chart (1979) | Peak position |
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United States (Billboard 200) | 204 |
Personnel
- Leon Russell – guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals, producer, composition
- Roger Linn – co-producer, drums, Moffett Electronics, engineer, guitar
- Marty Grebb – guitar, saxophone
- Jody Payne, Roger Linn – guitar
- Mickey Raphael – harmonica
- Bernetta Rand – backing vocals
- Frances Pye – backing vocals
- Joe Chemay – backing vocals
- Lena Luckey – backing vocals
- Wornell Jones – backing vocals
- Tom Kemp – photography
References
- ^ McNally, Joel (1 Jul 1979). "Playback". Leisure. Dayton Daily News. p. 6.
- ^ allmusic.com, Leon Russell's Life and Love
- ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
- ^ Niester, Alan (23 June 1979). "Life and Love Leon Russell". The Globe and Mail. p. F4.
- ^ Country Music: The Encyclopedia, By Irwin Stambler, Grelun Landon, page 425