Indian Summer (Poco album)

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Indian Summer
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Studio album by
Poco
ReleasedMay 1, 1977
Recorded1977 at Burbank Studios (Burbank, California).
Genre Country rock
Length37:17
Label ABC
Producer Poco, Mark Henry Harman
Poco chronology
Rose of Cimarron
(1976)		Indian Summer
(1977)		 Legend
(1978)

Indian Summer is the tenth studio album by the American country rock band Poco, released on May 1, 1977. The appearance of Steely Dan's Donald Fagen playing synthesizer on two of the tracks marked another move away from the country rock sound the band had primarily been known for. This was the band's last studio album before both Timothy B. Schmit and George Grantham left the group.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

In his AllMusic review, music critic Peter Kurtz wrote that the album was "a few notches down from their best, early material... The strongest song is the title track, which has some nice steel guitar and harmony vocals, but this high point is balanced by the closing number, 'The Dance', a clumsy suite that's burdened by an over-the-top string and horn arrangement... File this under the "treading water" category." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Indian Summer" (Paul Cotton) – 4:40
  2. "Twenty Years" (Cotton) – 3:42
  3. "Me and You" (Timothy B. Schmit) – 2:44
  4. "Downfall" (Rusty Young) – 4:33
  5. "Win or Lose" (Cotton) – 4:40
  6. "Living in the Band" (Cotton) – 3:14
  7. "Stay (Night Until Noon)" (Timothy B. Schmit, Noreen Schmit) – 3:22
  8. "Find Out in Time" (Timothy B. Schmit, Robbin Thompson) – 3:54
  9. "The Dance: When the Dance Is Over / Go on and Dance / Never Gonna Stop / When the Dance Is Over (Reprise)" (Young) – 10:05

Charts

Chart (1977)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 75
United States (Billboard 200)57

Track-by-track personnel

"Indian Summer"
"Twenty Years"
"Me and You"
"Downfall"
"Win or Lose"
"Living in the Band"
"Stay (Night Until Noon)"
"Find Out in Time"
"The Dance"

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 Kurtz, Peter. "Indian Summer > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved Dec 26, 2019.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  3. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 548.
  4. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 235. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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