Head over Heels (Poco album)

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Head Over Heels
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Studio album by
Poco
ReleasedJuly 1975
Genre Country rock
Length36:26
Label ABC
Producer Poco, Mark Henry Harman
Poco chronology
Cantamos
(1974)		Head Over Heels
(1975)		 The Very Best of Poco
(1975)

Head Over Heels is the eighth studio album by the American country rock band Poco, and their first on ABC Records. Timothy Schmit's "Keep On Tryin'" shows off the band's skills in harmonizing and eventually became a favorite that the band played in concert for many years. It also contains Rusty Young performing his first lead vocal on a Poco album on the track "Us", and a recording of the rare Steely Dan song "Dallas".

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In his Allmusic review, music critic James Chrispell wrote; "Keeping the songs short and to the point, Poco lets loose with a fine batch of material... There's less country, but a lot more pop." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Keep on Tryin’" (Timothy B. Schmit) – 2:54
  2. "Lovin’ Arms" (Rusty Young) – 3:29
  3. "Let Me Turn Back to You" (Paul Cotton) – 3:37
  4. "Makin’ Love" (Young) – 2:55
  5. "Down in the Quarter" (Cotton) – 4:32
  6. "Sittin’ on a Fence" (Young) – 3:31
  7. "Georgia, Bind My Ties" (Cotton) – 3:25
  8. "Us" (Young) – 1:56
  9. "Flyin’ Solo" (Schmit, John Brennan) – 3:36
  10. "Dallas" (Donald Fagen, Walter Becker) – 3:29
  11. "I’ll Be Back Again" (Schmit) – 3:02

Personnel

Poco

Additional musicians

Production

Studios

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References

  1. 1 2 Chrispell, James. "Head over Heels > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved Dec 26, 2019.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 3074. ISBN   978-0857125958.
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