Loggins and Messina (album)

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Loggins and Messina
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1972
RecordedColumbia Studios, Los Angeles
Genre Rock
Length36:49
Label Columbia
Producer Kenny Loggins, Jim Messina
Loggins and Messina chronology
Sittin' In
(1971)
Loggins and Messina
(1972)
Full Sail
(1973)

Loggins and Messina is the second album by singer-songwriters Loggins and Messina, released in 1972.

Contents

Following on the success of their first album, this album built on the strengths of their debut outing. It also became the true introduction of the team, Loggins and Messina, not as singles playing together, but rather as a team that played as one.

It featured two songs that charted, with "Your Mama Don't Dance" reaching its peak at number 4, their highest-charting single. The album itself charted at number 16. The album version of "Thinking of You" is a different recording than the hit single. Kenny Loggins played harmonica on four songs: "Whiskey", "Long Tail Cat", "Thinking of You" and the Jim Messina-penned instrumental "Just Before the News".

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Track listing

Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead VocalsLength
1."Good Friend" Jim Messina Messina4:04
2."Whiskey" Kenny Loggins Loggins1:58
3."Your Mama Don't Dance"Loggins, MessinaLoggins, Messina2:48
4."Long Tail Cat"LogginsLoggins3:47
5."Golden Ribbons"MessinaLoggins, Messina, Larry Sims [2] 6:08
Side Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead VocalsLength
6."Thinking of You"MessinaMessina2:19
7."Just Before the News"Messinainstrumental1:09
8."Till the Ends Meet"LogginsLoggins3:10
9."Holiday Hotel"Messina, Al GarthMessina2:02
10."Lady of My Heart"LogginsLoggins1:44
11."Angry Eyes"Loggins, MessinaLoggins, Messina7:40
Total length:36:49

Personnel

Loggins & Messina band

Sidemen

Production

Charts

AlbumBillboard (United States)

YearChartPosition
1972US Pop Albums16
1972Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] 61

Singles - Billboard (United States)

YearSingleChartPosition
1972"Your Mama Don't Dance"Pop Singles4 (#5 Canada (RPM Magazine))
1973"Thinking of You"Pop Singles18 (#20 Canada (RPM Magazine))
1973"Thinking of You"Adult Contemporary7 (#16 Canada (RPM Magazine))

References

  1. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  2. Johnson, Kevin (December 18, 2014). "In Memoriam: Larry Sims". Notreble.com. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 180. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.