Music Keeps Me Together

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Music Keeps Me Together
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Studio album by
Released1975 [1]
StudioCBS Studios, San Francisco
Genre Blues
Label Columbia
Producer Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal chronology
Mo' Roots
(1974)
Music Keeps Me Together
(1975)
Satisfied 'N Tickled Too
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Christgau's Record Guide C+ [2]

Music Keeps Me Together is the eighth studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. [1] The album was remixed at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia by Jay Mark and Carl Paruolo.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Taj Mahal; except where indicated

  1. "Music Keeps Me Together" (Earl Lindo)
  2. "When I Feel the Sea Beneath My Soul"
  3. "Dear Ladies"
  4. "Aristocracy" (poem: Inshirah Mahal; arranged and adapted by Taj Mahal)
  5. "Further on Down the Road (You Will Accompany Me)" (lyrics: Taj Mahal; music: Taj Mahal, Chuck Blackwell, Jesse Ed Davis, Gary Gilmore)
  6. "Roll, Turn, Spin" (Joseph Spence; arranged and adapted by Taj Mahal)
  7. "West Indian Revelation"
  8. "My Ancestors" (Demetriss Tapp)
  9. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (Chuck Berry)
  10. "Why?...And We Repeat/Why?...And We Repeat" [1]

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Music Keeps Me Together - Taj Mahal | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 2, 2019.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. "Music Keeps Me Together - Taj Mahal | Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved May 24, 2021.