Common Ground (Richie Havens album)

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Common Ground
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Studio album by
Released1983
StudioStone Castle Studios, Carimate, Como, Italy
Label EMI Italiana/Bagaria
Producer Pino Daniele
Richie Havens chronology
Connections
(1980)
Common Ground
(1983)
Simple Things
(1987)

Common Ground is a 1983 album by American folk rock musician Richie Havens. [1]

Contents

Album was recorded at Stone Castle Studios in Carimate (Como) Italy. [2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Pino Daniele and Richie Havens; except where indicated

  1. "Death At an Early Age" (Greg Chansky)
  2. "Gay Cavalier" (Pino Daniele, Richie Havens, William Rafael)
  3. "Lay Ye Down Boys" (Ken Lauber, Merritt Melloy)
  4. "This Is The Hour"
  5. "Stand Up" (Pino Daniele, Kelvin Bullen)
  6. "Dear John" (Maury Yeston)
  7. "Leave Well Enough Alone"
  8. "Moonlight Rain"
  9. "Things Must Change"

Personnel

Releases

The album was released on vinyl and tape.

Notes and sources

  1. "Richie Havens : Music". richiehavens.com. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. "Richie Havens - Common Ground". discogs.com. 1983. Retrieved 19 September 2016.



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