I Believe in Music (album)

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I Believe in Music
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Studio album by
Mac Davis
Released1971
RecordedDecember 1970 – March 1971
Studio The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
Genre Country, pop
Length32:45
Label Columbia
Producer The Tokens, Dave Appell
Mac Davis chronology
Song Painter
(1970)		I Believe in Music
(1971)		 Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me
(1972)

I Believe in Music is the second album released by singer-songwriter and actor Mac Davis. It was released in 1971, although the title song had already charted in 1970. [1] The title track went on to become a standard and was covered by many artists in the 1970s, including a top 30 pop hit by Gallery in 1972.

Contents

Music reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine considered many of the songs to be more suitable for the album than on radio, and said: [2]

The next time around, Davis would give himself his big, splashy original tune "Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me", thereby finally hitting the big time, but here he’s still finding his voice as a recording artist. He’s almost there, but the results are most interesting in how his versions of his older songs point the way at what was to come".

The title song became Davis's signature song. [3] His hit "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me" was released after this album debuted, later in 1972. [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mac Davis, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Believe in Music" 3:36
2."Hollywood Humpty Dumpty" 3:29
3."A Little Less Conversation"Mac Davis, Billy Strange 2:20
4."In The Eyes of My People" 3:43
5."Watching Scotty Grow" 3:10
6."Yesterday and You"Mac Davis, Larry Collins2:43
7."Christmas Carol" 2:22
8."Sarah Between the Lines" 2:48
9."Something's Burning" 3:59
10."Poem for My Little Lady" 3:01
11."I Believe in Music (reprise)" 1:34

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Album
YearChartPeak
position
1971 Top LP's (Billboard) [4] 160
Singles
YearSingleChartPeak
position
1971I Believe In MusicPop Singles117
Easy Listening25

References

  1. 1 2 Stambler, Irwin and Landon, Grelun. (2000). "Davis, Mac". Country Music: The Encyclopedia. Macmillan. p. 123. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine". AllMusic. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ Kawashima, Dale. "Special interview with Mac Davis, legendary songwriter & artist who’s written many hits, from Elvis Presley and Kenny Rogers, to Bruno Mars". September 13, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 201. ISBN   0898201179 . Retrieved November 5, 2025.
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