Alone Together (Dave Mason album)
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Studio album by Dave Mason | ||||
Released | July 1970 | |||
Recorded | 1970 | |||
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Length | 34:38 | |||
Label | Blue Thumb | |||
Producer | Dave Mason, Tommy LiPuma | |||
Dave Mason chronology | ||||
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Singles from Alone Together | ||||
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Alone Together is the debut solo album by former Traffic member Dave Mason, released in 1970. Mason was joined on the album by a roster of guest musicians, including Bonnie Bramlett, Leon Russell, Jim Capaldi, Rita Coolidge, Carl Radle and Jim Gordon. The song "Only You Know and I Know" reached number No. 42 on the Billboard charts in the US and was the record's major commercial success.[1]
Packaging
About 30% of the records were produced in so-called marble vinyl,[citation needed] a swirled mix of pink, brown and beige, rather than the usual black vinyl.[2] The original record jacket is a tri-fold with a half-pocket on the inside to hold the record (originally issued without a paper inner sleeve). The top of the tri-fold has a die-cut image of Mason in a top hat and morning dress, collaged behind a rocky outcrop, and there is a small die-cut hole at the top to permit the jacket to be hung on the wall as a poster.[verification needed]
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Critical reception
Billboard magazine reviewed the album favourably in 1970: "Mason with help from friends Jim Capaldi and Leon Russell proves his mastery of the rock idiom once and for all. The lyric content and music content of every song catches the senses of the listener and creates excitement. There is no doubt about the power of this album, and it should prove a top chart item." Jon Carroll was less enthusiastic in Rolling Stone, finding it technically accomplished but "more potential than realization", featuring often trivial lyrics and never soaring from its "vinyl bonds".[3]
In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau found the music "both complex and likable-to-catchy, with a unique light feel that begins with the way Mason doubles on acoustic and electric", but believed Mason lacked the "poetic gift" to put across his evasive lyrics. He gave the album a "B" grade.[4] Jim Newsom from AllMusic was more impressed in a retrospective review, regarding the album as Mason's best work, featuring "an excellent batch of melodically pleasing songs, built on a fat bed of strumming acoustic guitars with tasteful electric guitar accents and leads." He gave it four-and-a-half out of five stars.[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Dave Mason, except where indicated
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Only You Know and I Know" | 4:05 | |
2. | "Can't Stop Worrying, Can't Stop Loving" | 3:02 | |
3. | "Waitin' on You" | 3:05 | |
4. | "Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave" | 6:00 | |
5. | "World in Changes" | 4:30 | |
6. | "Sad and Deep as You" | 3:35 | |
7. | "Just a Song" | 2:59 | |
8. | "Look at You Look at Me" | Dave Mason, Jim Capaldi | 7:22 |
Personnel
- Dave Mason – guitars, vocals
- Leon Russell — piano
- Larry Knechtel, John Simon — keyboards
- Michael DeTemple, Don Preston — guitars
- Chris Ethridge, Larry Knechtel, Carl Radle — bass
- John Barbata, Jim Capaldi, Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner — drums
- Bonnie Bramlett, Rita Coolidge, Mike Coolidge, Lou Cooper, Claudia Lennear, Bob Norwood, Jack Storti – backing vocals
- Production
- Dave Mason, Tommy LiPuma – production
- Bruce Botnick, Douglas Botnick — engineering
- Al Schmitt — mixing
- Barry Feinstein, Tom Wilkes – photography, design
References
- ^ Alone Together in the Billboard charts, Allmusic. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ commercial vinyl record website
- ^ "Dave Mason – Alone Together". SuperSeventies. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Dave Mason: Alone Together". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0-89919-025-1. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ Newsom, Jim (n.d.). "Alone Together". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
External links
- Alone Together at Discogs (list of releases)
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- 1967 Mr. Fantasy (with Traffic)
- 1968 Traffic (with Traffic)
- 1969 Last Exit (with Traffic)
- 1970 Alone Together
- 1971 Dave Mason & Cass Elliot
- 1972 Headkeeper
- 1973 It's Like You Never Left
- 1974 Dave Mason
- 1975 Split Coconut
- 1977 Let It Flow
- 1978 Mariposa De Oro
- 1980 Old Crest on a New Wave
- 1987 Two Hearts
- 1987 Some Assembly Required
- 1995 Time (with Fleetwood Mac)
- 2008 26 Letters – 12 Notes
- 2014 Future's Past
- 1971 Welcome to the Canteen (with Traffic)
- 1973 Dave Mason Is Alive
- 1976 Certified Live
- 1999 Live: 40,000 Headmen Tour (with Jim Capaldi)
- 2002 Live at Perkins' Palace (originally recorded 1981)
- 2002 Dave Mason: Live at Sunrise
- 2007 XM Live
- 1972 Scrapbook
- 1974 The Best of Dave Mason
- 1975 At His Best
- 1978 The Very Best of Dave Mason
- 1981 The Best of Dave Mason
- 1995 Long Lost Friend: The Very Best of Dave Mason
- 1999 Ultimate Collection
- 2006 The Definitive Collection
- 2016 The Columbia Years: The Definitive Anthology
- 1968 "Just for You"
- 1970 "Only You Know and I Know"
- 1970 "Satin Red and Black Velvet Woman"
- 1972 "To Be Free"
- 1977 "So High (Rock Me Baby and Roll Me Away)"
- 1977 "We Just Disagree"
- 1978 "Mystic Traveller"
- 1978 "Don't It Make You Wonder"
- 1978 "Let It Go, Let It Flow"
- 1978 "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"
- 1980 "Save Me" (with Michael Jackson)
- 1987 "Something In The Heart"
- 1988 "Dreams I Dream" (duet with Phoebe Snow)
- 1968 Electric Ladyland
- 1968 Beggars Banquet
- 1969 Lily the Pink
- 1970 All Things Must Pass
- 1970 On Tour with Eric Clapton
- 1971 Motel Shot
- 1971 Songs for Beginners
- 1972 Graham Nash David Crosby
- 1972 Oh How We Danced
- 1974 Wild Tales
- 1974 Phoebe Snow
- 1975 Venus and Mars
- 1976 You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind
- 1978 Thoroughfare Gap
- 1979 Gimme Some Neck
- 1979 Skatetown, U.S.A.
- 1983 Airborne
- 1995 Time