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1973 studio album by Blood, Sweat & Tears
No Sweat is the sixth album by the band
Blood, Sweat & Tears , released in 1973.
[2]
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.
Production
No Sweat was produced by
Steve Tyrell .
[4]
Paul Buckmaster was brought in to provide string arrangements.
[5]
Reception
AllMusic critic Ross Boissoneau wrote that the album "may be the jazziest BS&T ever."
[1] The critic for the
Daily Herald wrote that "[Jerry] Fisher's gravelly voice seems the perfect replacement and, while I at first thought he tried too much to sound like Clayton-Thomas, he now appears to have evolved a strong singing style of his own."
[6]
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
Charts
Chart (1973)
Peak position
Billboard Top LPs
72
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References
^
a
b Boissoneau, Ross.
"No Sweat > Review" .
AllMusic . Retrieved July 9, 2011 .
^
a
b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 686.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Random House. 1992. p. 68.
^
"Top Single Picks" . Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 29, 1973 – via Google Books.
^
"Inside Track" . Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 23, 1973 – via Google Books.
^ "No Sweat". Daily Herald : 31. August 31, 1973.
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"Blood, Sweat & Tears" . Billboard .
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