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Stage Fright, the Band's third album, sounded on its surface like the group's first two releases, Music from Big Pink and The Band, employing the same dense arrangements with their mixture of a deep bottom formed by drummer Levon Helm and bassist Rick Danko, penetrating guitar work by Robbie Robertson, and the varied keyboard work of pianist Richard Manuel and organist Garth Hudson, with Helm, Danko, and Manuel's vocals on top. But the songs this time around were far more personal, and, despite a nominal complacency, quite troubling. Only "All La Glory," Robertson's song about the birth of his daughter, was fully positive. "Strawberry Wine" and "Sleeping" were celebrations of indolence, while "Time to Kill," as its title implied, revealed boredom while claiming romantic contentment. Several of the album's later songs seemed to be metaphors for trouble the group was encountering, with "The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show" commenting on the falseness of show business, "Daniel and the Sacred Harp" worrying about a loss of integrity, and the title song talking about the pitfalls of fortune and fame. "The Shape I'm In" was perhaps the album's most blatant statement of panic. The Band was widely acclaimed after its first two albums; Stage Fright seemed to be the group's alarmed response, which made it their most nakedly confessional. It was certainly different from their previous work, which had tended toward story-songs set in earlier times, but it was hardly less compelling for that.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Rick Danko, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Todd Rundgren, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Band, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sandoval, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Hudson, Accordion, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Levon Helm, Electric Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Richard Manuel, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Glyn Jones, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Rick Danko, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Todd Rundgren, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Band, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sandoval, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Hudson, Accordion, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Levon Helm, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Manuel, Piano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Glyn Jones, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Rick Danko, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Todd Rundgren, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Band, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sandoval, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Hudson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Levon Helm, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Manuel, Drums, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Glyn Jones, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Rick Danko, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Todd Rundgren, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Band, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sandoval, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Hudson, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Levon Helm, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Manuel, Piano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Rick Danko, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Todd Rundgren, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Band, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sandoval, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Hudson, Accordion, AssociatedPerformer - Levon Helm, Drums, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Manuel, Hammond Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Glyn Jones, Mixer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Rick Danko, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Todd Rundgren, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Band, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sandoval, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - GLYN JOHNS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Hudson, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Levon Helm, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Manuel, Keyboards, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Rick Danko, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Todd Rundgren, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Band, Producer, MainArtist - JOHN SIMON, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Sandoval, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Hudson, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Levon Helm, Drums, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Manuel, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Glyn Jones, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Rick Danko, Harp, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Todd Rundgren, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Electric Guitar, Harp, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Band, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sandoval, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Hudson, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Levon Helm, Acoustic Guitar, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Manuel, Drums, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Glyn Jones, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Rick Danko, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Todd Rundgren, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Band, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sandoval, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - GLYN JOHNS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Hudson, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Levon Helm, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Manuel, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Rick Danko, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Todd Rundgren, Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Band, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sandoval, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - GLYN JOHNS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Hudson, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Levon Helm, Drums, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Manuel, Piano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Todd Rundgren, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, ComposerLyricist - The Band, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sandoval, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pearlman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Rick Danko, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Todd Rundgren, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Band, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sandoval, Mastering Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Hudson, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Levon Helm, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Manuel, Drums, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Glyn Jones, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pearlman, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Rick Danko, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Todd Rundgren, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Band, Producer, MainArtist - JOHN SIMON, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Sandoval, Mastering Engineer, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Hudson, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Levon Helm, Drums, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Manuel, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Glyn Jones, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Pearlman, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Ron McMaster, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROBBIE ROBERTSON, ComposerLyricist - The Band, Producer, MainArtist - Andrew Sandoval, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Levon Helm, ComposerLyricist - Dave Pearlman, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2000 Capitol Records, Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Stage Fright, the Band's third album, sounded on its surface like the group's first two releases, Music from Big Pink and The Band, employing the same dense arrangements with their mixture of a deep bottom formed by drummer Levon Helm and bassist Rick Danko, penetrating guitar work by Robbie Robertson, and the varied keyboard work of pianist Richard Manuel and organist Garth Hudson, with Helm, Danko, and Manuel's vocals on top. But the songs this time around were far more personal, and, despite a nominal complacency, quite troubling. Only "All La Glory," Robertson's song about the birth of his daughter, was fully positive. "Strawberry Wine" and "Sleeping" were celebrations of indolence, while "Time to Kill," as its title implied, revealed boredom while claiming romantic contentment. Several of the album's later songs seemed to be metaphors for trouble the group was encountering, with "The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show" commenting on the falseness of show business, "Daniel and the Sacred Harp" worrying about a loss of integrity, and the title song talking about the pitfalls of fortune and fame. "The Shape I'm In" was perhaps the album's most blatant statement of panic. The Band was widely acclaimed after its first two albums; Stage Fright seemed to be the group's alarmed response, which made it their most nakedly confessional. It was certainly different from their previous work, which had tended toward story-songs set in earlier times, but it was hardly less compelling for that.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:38
- Main artists: The Band
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2000 Capitol Records Inc. ℗ 2000 Capitol Records Inc.
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