Blow It Out (album)

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Blow It Out
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ReleasedJuly 1977
Recorded1976
Studio
Genre Jazz fusion
Length41:18
Label Ode
Producer
Tom Scott chronology
New York Connection
(1975)
Blow It Out
(1977)
Intimate Strangers
(1978)
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Blow It Out is a jazz fusion album released in 1977 by Tom Scott. [2] [3] It peaked at No. 87 Billboard 200. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Tom Scott except where indicated

  1. "Gotcha" (Theme from Starsky & Hutch ) – 3:30
  2. "Smoothin' on Down" – 4:22
  3. "Dream Lady" – 4:33
  4. "I Wanna Be" (Richard Tee) – 4:49
  5. "Shadows" – 7:40
  6. "You've Got the Feel'n" – 5:06
  7. "Down to Your Soul" (Scott, Dee Palmer) – 5:25
  8. "It's So Beautiful to Be" (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter) – 5:36

Personnel


Production

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References

  1. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 176. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  2. Henderson, Alex. "Blow It Out". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  3. Jazz-rock fusion, the People, the Music. Hal Leonard Corporation. 2000. p. 356.
  4. "Tom Scott". Billboard. Retrieved 13 March 2024.