No Sweat (Blood, Sweat & Tears album)
No Sweat is the sixth album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in August 1973.
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| Released | August 1973 | |||
| Recorded | Electric Lady Studios, New York City and Trident Studios, London[1] | |||
| Genre | Rock, jazz | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Steve Tyrell | |||
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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.
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
Writing for Allmusic, critic Ross Boissoneau wrote the album "may be the jazziest BS&T ever."[2]
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 |
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| Billboard Top LPs | 72 |
References
- https://www.discogs.com/Blood-Sweat-Tears-No-Sweat/release/3843619
- Boissoneau, Ross. "No Sweat > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
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