Freedom for the Stallion

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Freedom for the Stallion
Freedomforthestallion.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 7, 1973
Recorded1973
RCA's Music Center Of The World
(Hollywood, California)
Genre R&B, disco, soul, pop
Label RCA Records
Producer John Florez
The Hues Corporation chronology
Freedom for the Stallion
(1973)
Rockin' Soul
(1974)

Freedom For The Stallion is the debut album by The Hues Corporation released in 1973.

Contents

The album includes the original recording of "Rock The Boat." A later re-mix version of this recording became one of the first Disco hits in 1974 and reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

The title track, "Freedom for the Stallion" was also a minor hit. This Allen Toussaint song had been recorded earlier by Lee Dorsey in 1971. Later versions of "Freedom for the Stallion" include Three Dog Night on their 1972 album Seven Separate Fools , The Oak Ridge Boys on their 1974 self-titled Columbia Records debut, a 1974 single by Canadian pop-rock band Edward Bear (#20 Can), and a 2006 recording by Toussaint and Elvis Costello on the album The River in Reverse .

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Christgau's Record Guide C [1]

Track listing

  1. "Bound on a Reason" - (Michael Jarrett) 3:15
  2. "Off My Cloud" - (Wally Holmes) 4:16
  3. "All Goin' Down Together" - (Michael Jarrett) 2:51
  4. "Rock the Boat" - (Wally Holmes) 3:22
  5. "Freedom for the Stallion" - (Allen Toussaint) 4:00
  6. "The Family" - (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins) 3:09
  7. "Go To The Poet" - (Wally Holmes) 2:51
  8. "Salvation Lady" (1-3-5) - (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins) 3:18
  9. "Live a Lie" - (Wally Holmes) 2:13
  10. "Miracle Maker (Sweet Soul Shaker)" - (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) 3:16

Personnel

Charts

Album

YearChartPosition
1973US Top Soul LPs 59
1974US Top LPs 20

Single

YearSingleChartPosition
1973"Freedom for the Stallion" Billboard Hot 100 63
1973"Freedom for the Stallion" Canada [2] 86
1974"Rock the Boat" Hot Soul Singles 3
1974"Rock the Boat"Billboard Hot 1001
1974"Rock the Boat" Hot Dance/Disco 5
1974"Rock the Boat"Canada [3] 1

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References

  1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: H". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 26, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  2. "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 8, 1973" (PDF).
  3. "RPM Top 100 Singles - July 13, 1974" (PDF).