Brooklyn Bridge (album)

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Brooklyn Bridge
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ReleasedDecember 1968
Recorded1968
StudioAllegro Sound Studios, N.Y.C. and A&R Recording Studios, N.Y.C.
Genre Doo wop, R&B, pop, rock, blue-eyed soul
Length31:22
Label Buddah
Producer Wes Farrell
The Brooklyn Bridge chronology
Brooklyn Bridge
(1968)
The Second Brooklyn Bridge
(1969)
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Brooklyn Bridge is the eponymous debut album from the American band The Brooklyn Bridge. It was released in 1968 by Buddah Records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Blessed Is the Rain" (Tony Romeo) – 3:16
  2. "Welcome Me Love" (Romeo) – 2:20
  3. "Which Way to Nowhere" (Jimmy Webb) – 3:25
  4. "Free as the Wind" (Sal Trimachi, Sandra Kane) – 2:39
  5. "Glad She's a Woman" (Bodie Chandler) – (2:55)
  6. "Space Odyssey-2001 (Thus Spake Zarathustra)" (Richard Strauss) – 1:20
  7. "Requiem" (Webb) – 3:47
  8. "I've Been Lonely Too Long" (Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati) – 3:02
  9. "The Worst That Could Happen" (Webb) – 3:02
  10. "Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy) – 3:05
  11. "Your Kite, My Kite" (Romeo) - 3:32

Personnel

Brooklyn Bridge

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References

  1. "Brooklyn Bridge – Brooklyn Bridge". AllMusic.