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"Tight Rope" leads off Carney, and it's not just his biggest hit, it offers an excellent introduction to an off-kilter, confused, fascinating album. In a sense, it consolidates his two extremes, offering a side of fairly straightforward roots rock before delving headfirst into twisted psychedelia on the second side. On the whole, the second side deflates the first side, since it's just too fuzzy -- it's intriguing, at least in parts, but it never adds up to anything. Besides, the first side is already odd enough, but in a meaningful way; here, his fascination with Americana sideshows is married to songs that work, instead of just being vehicles for tripping in the studio. Of course, part of what makes Carney interesting is that it contains a bit of both, but interesting doesn't equal compelling, as the whole of Carney bears out.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Jim Keltner, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Russell, Producer, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Don Preston, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Radle, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Denny Cordell, Producer - Steven Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Gallie, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Blackwell, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1995 The Right Stuff ℗ 1972 Capitol Records
Leon Russell, Producer, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Carl Radle, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Denny Cordell, Producer - Steven Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 The Right Stuff ℗ 1972 Capitol Records
Leon Russell, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer
(C) 1995 The Right Stuff ℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Leon Russell, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer
(C) 1995 The Right Stuff ℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Leon Russell, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer
(C) 1995 The Right Stuff ℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Leon Russell, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer
(C) 1995 The Right Stuff ℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Leon Russell, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer
(C) 1995 The Right Stuff ℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Leon Russell, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Don Preston, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer
(C) 1995 The Right Stuff ℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Leon Russell, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer
(C) 1995 The Right Stuff ℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Leon Russell, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer
(C) 1995 The Right Stuff ℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Leon Russell, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Organ, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Denny Cordell, Producer - Steven Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Hoffman, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 The Right Stuff ℗ 1972 Capitol Records
Leon Russell, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer
(C) 1995 The Right Stuff ℗ 1972 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
"Tight Rope" leads off Carney, and it's not just his biggest hit, it offers an excellent introduction to an off-kilter, confused, fascinating album. In a sense, it consolidates his two extremes, offering a side of fairly straightforward roots rock before delving headfirst into twisted psychedelia on the second side. On the whole, the second side deflates the first side, since it's just too fuzzy -- it's intriguing, at least in parts, but it never adds up to anything. Besides, the first side is already odd enough, but in a meaningful way; here, his fascination with Americana sideshows is married to songs that work, instead of just being vehicles for tripping in the studio. Of course, part of what makes Carney interesting is that it contains a bit of both, but interesting doesn't equal compelling, as the whole of Carney bears out.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:41
- Main artists: Leon Russell
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: The Right Stuff
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1995 The Right Stuff ℗ 1995 The Right Stuff
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