Slow Dancer
Appearance
Slow Dancer | ||||
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![]() 1977 re-release cover | ||||
Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 1974 | |||
Studio | Devonshire Sound Studios (North Hollywood, California) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 36:35 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Johnny Bristol | |||
Boz Scaggs chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Christgau's Record Guide | B−[3] |
Slow Dancer is the sixth album by
Hang On In There Baby
" fame.
The album was initially released with a cover photo of Scaggs walking alone on the beach,[4] with the back of the album framing a head and shoulders shot of Scaggs lying on the beach. The photographs were taken by Annie Leibovitz. After the breakout success of 1976's Silk Degrees, Slow Dancer was re-released with a new cover showing Scaggs and a woman in fine clothing, Scaggs bending to kiss her bosom. This photo was taken by Ethan Russell.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs, except where indicated
Side One
- "You Make It So Hard (To Say No)" - 3:31
- "Slow Dancer" (George Daly, Scaggs) - 3:13
- "Angel Lady (Come Just In Time)" (Johnny Bristol, Jim McDonough, Scaggs) - 3:28
- "There Is Someone Else" - 4:32
- "Hercules" (Allen Toussaint) - 4:03
Side Two
- "Pain of Love" (Johnny Bristol) -3:11
- "Sail on White Moon" (Johnny Bristol) - 3:13
- "Let It Happen" (Johnny Bristol, Scaggs) - 3:18
- "I Got Your Number" (Johnny Bristol, Gregory Reeves) - 3:43
- "Take It for Granted" - 4:19
Charts
Chart (1974–77) | Position |
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United States ( Billboard 200 )
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81 |
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 62 |
Personnel
- Boz Scaggs – vocals, guitar
- David Cohen, David T. Walker, Dennis Coffey, Greg Poree, Jay Graydon, Wah Wah Watson, Red Rhodes – guitars
- Clarence McDonald, Jerry Peters, Joe Sample, Mike Melvoin, Russell Turner - keyboards
- James Jamerson, Jim Hughart – bass
- Ernie Watts, Fred Jackson, John Kelson – saxophone
- George Bohanon, Lon Norman – trombone
- Chuck Findley, Jack H. Laubach, Paul Hubinon, Warren Roché – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Gene Estes, John Arnold – percussion, vibraphone
- Ed Greene, James Gadson – drums
- Joe Clayton, King Errison – congas
- Carolyn Willis, Julia Tillman Waters, Lorna Willard, Myrna Matthews, Pat Henderson - background vocals
- H.B. Barnum– string arrangements, conductor
- Technical
- Producer – Johnny Bristol
- Engineer – Greg Venable
- Remix – Al Schmitt
- Photography – Ethan Russell
- Artwork by Tony Lane
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "1974 Boz Scaggs – Slow Dancer". Sessiondays. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
External links