Release Yourself
| Release Yourself | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Studio | The Record Plant, Sausalito, California | |||
| Genre | Funk[1] | |||
| Length | 37:40 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |||
| Producer | Larry Graham | |||
| Graham Central Station chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Release Yourself is the second album by Graham Central Station, released in 1974. The cover photograph was taken at Old Saint Hilary's Church, Tiburon, California.[3]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Larry Graham except where indicated
- "G.C.S." 3:24
- "Release Yourself" 4:44
- "Got To Go Through It To Get To It" 3:42
- "I Believe In You" 4:51
- "'Tis Your Kind of Music" 5:41
- "Hey Mr. Writer" 4:03
- "Feel the Need" (Abrim Tilmon) 3:53
- "Today" 6:43
Personnel
[edit]- Larry Graham - bass, guitar, ARP synthesizer, tambourine, lead and backing vocals, cover concept
- Hershall "Happiness" Kennedy - horns, Clavinet, electric piano, tambourine, vocals
- Willie "Wild" Sparks - drums
- David "Dynamite" Vega - guitar
- Robert "Butch" Sam - organ, piano, tambourine, vocals
- Patryce "Choc'Let" Banks - drum programming [funk box], tambourine, vocals
- Emilio Castillo, Greg Adams, Lenny Pickett, Mic Gillette, Stephen Kupka - horns
- Lenny Williams - vocals
- Technical
- Tom Salisbury - cover design, photography
Charts
[edit]The album peaked at number twenty-two on the Billboard Top Soul Albums in 1974.
| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Pop Albums[4] | 51 |
| Billboard Top Soul Albums[4] | 22 |
External links
[edit]- Graham Central Station-Release Yourself at Discogs
- Feel The Need - Graham Central Station on YouTube - live on Soul Train 1975
References
[edit]- ^ Dolan, Joe; Martoccio, Angie; Sheffield, Rob (November 20, 2024). "The 74 Best Albums of 1974". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
It was a boom year for the funk: 1974 had cult faves from Mandrill (Mandrilland), Graham Central Station (Release Yourself), the Main Ingredient (Euphrates River), and Rasputin's Stash (The Devil Made Me Do It).
- ^ Guarisco, Donald A.. Graham Central Station: Release Yourself > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ "Musical Maps".
- ^ a b "Graham Central Station US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
