Whale Meat Again

Whale Meat Again is the second studio album by the British musician Jim Capaldi, released by Island Records in 1974. Like his first solo album, it failed commercially in his native United Kingdom but did better in the United States. With help from the opening track, "It's All Right", which spent seven weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 55,[1] the album reached number 191 in the Billboard 200.[2]

Whale Meat Again
Studio album by
Jim Capaldi
ReleasedAugust 1974
Recorded1974
GenreRock
Length41:02
LabelIsland
ProducerJim Capaldi
Jim Capaldi chronology
Oh How We Danced
(1972)		 Whale Meat Again
(1974)		 Short Cut Draw Blood
(1975)
Singles from Whale Meat Again
  1. "It's All Up To You"
    Released: July 1974

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Classic Rock[4]

AllMusic's retrospective review commented that the album was more focused on mood than Capaldi's debut, with longer songs built on soulful grooves "giving this album a funkier, open feel that lingers longer than the songs."[3] In a review for the 2012 reissue of the album, Terry Stauntman of the British magazine Classic Rock remarked how this album "represents a further moving away from Traffic's sound and Capaldi marking out his own territory more forcefully".[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Jim Capaldi except where indicated.

Side one
  1. "It's All Right" – 4:12
  2. "Whale Meat Again" – 4:33
  3. "Yellow Sun" – 7:16
  4. "I've Got So Much Lovin'" – 4:45
Side two
  1. "Low Rider" – 5:40
  2. "My Brother" – 5:02
  3. "Summer Is Fading" – 8:30 [concept credited to Vivian Stanshall]
  4. "We'll Meet Again" (Hughie Charles, Ross Parker) – 1:25 [Unlisted track]

Two additional tracks were recorded in the same sessions. The first, an acoustic version of "Whale Meat Again", was released only on the B-side of the single "It's All Up to You" (from the album Short Cut Draw Blood). The second, "You & Me", was eventually released on the compilation album Koss. Capaldi also re-recorded "You & Me" with partially different lyrics and a new title, "The Contender", for his album of the same name.

Personnel

Musicians
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section

(all tracks except on "Summer Is Fading")

Additional musicians

Technical

References
  1. "It's All Right" Chart History. Billboard.com. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  2. Jim Capaldi in the Billboard Charts. Allmusic. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Jim Capaldi - Whale Meat Again review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  4. Stauntam, Terry (July 2012). "Jim Capaldi - Reissues". Classic Rock. No. 172. p. 105.
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