Standing Tall (The Crusaders album)
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Released | 1981 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | MCA[1] | |||
Producer | Wilton Felder, Stix Hooper, Joe Sample[2] | |||
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Standing Tall is an album by the jazz group the Crusaders, their third studio album with MCA Records. It features singer Joe Cocker as guest artist on two tracks: the 1981 Grammy-nominated song "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" and "This Old World's Too Funky for Me".[5]
Track listing
[edit]- "Standing Tall" (Stix Hooper) 6:46
- "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" (Joe Sample, Will Jennings) 5:02
- "Sunshine in Your Eyes" (Sample) 6:11
- "This Old World's Too Funky For Me" (Sample, Jennings) 5:25
- "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" (Chips Moman, Bobby Emmons) 4:23
- "The Longest Night" (Sample) 6:24
- "Reprise (I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today) (Instrumental)" (Sample. Jennings) 2:59
References
[edit]- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Closeup". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 17, 1981. p. 84 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Standing Tall - The Crusaders | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 53. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ The Crusaders, The Vocal Album: The Greatest Vocal Hits from the Crusaders, CD, MCA Records Capitol Records, 1987