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Act Like Nothing's Wrong | ||||
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Released | 18 November 1976 | |||
Recorded | 1976 | |||
Studio | Record Plant, Los Angeles Record Plant, Sausalito, California TK Studios, Hialeah, Florida Quadraphonic Sound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee Sound Ideas Studios, New York City Studio One, Doraville, Georgia | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 38:40 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Producer | Al Kooper, John Simon | |||
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Singles from Act Like Nothing's Wrong | ||||
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Act Like Nothing's Wrong is the seventh solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter Al Kooper, recorded and released in 1976. [1]
After the release of his sixth studio album Naked Songs in 1973, Kooper took time off from solo recording to concentrate on his new discovery, Lynyrd Skynyrd. After producing and playing on their first three albums, he resumed his solo recording career in 1976. The resulting album, Act Like Nothing's Wrong was recorded mostly in Southeastern US studios with a wide array of musicians. The album opens with his own funky version of "This Diamond Ring", a song that he co-wrote for Gary Lewis and the Playboys in 1964. The album continues in the “soul-funk” vein with a mix of covers and original compositions. [1] This was Kooper's first and only album for United Artists. It was six years before he recorded his next album, Championship Wrestling. The front cover shows Al Kooper's head superimposed on the body of the dancer and model Linda Hoxit (his girlfriend at the time), while on the back cover is Linda Hoxit's head on Kooper's body.
All tracks composed by Al Kooper; except where indicated
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