Pressure Sensitive

Pressure Sensitive
Studio album by Ronnie Laws
Released	1975 1991 (re-release)
Recorded	March–April 1975
Studio	Angel City Sound, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz fusion, jazz funk
Length	34:54
Label	Blue Note
Producer	George Butler, Wayne Henderson
Ronnie Laws chronology
Pressure Sensitive (1975) Fever (1976)

Pressure Sensitive is the debut album by American saxophonist Ronnie Laws released in 1975 by Blue Note. It was produced by George Butler and Wayne Henderson of the Crusaders. ^[1] The album reached No. 25 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. ^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "this obviously commercial effort (every song fades out before it hits the five-minute mark) can only be recommended in comparison to Ronnie Laws's later more inferior recordings." ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Always There"	William Jeffrey, Ronnie Laws	4:52
2.	"Momma"	Roland Bautista	4:20
3.	"Never Be the Same"	Roland Bautista, Mike Cavanaugh, Ronnie Laws	4:23
4.	"Tell Me Something Good"	Stevie Wonder	4:50
5.	"Nothing to Lose"	Ronnie Laws	4:54
6.	"Tidal Wave"	William Jeffrey	4:08
7.	"Why Do You Laugh at Me?"	Wayne Henderson	3:55
8.	"Mis' Mary's Place"	Ronnie Laws	3:32

Personnel

• Ronnie Laws - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
• Jerry Peters - electric piano, synthesizer
• Mike Cavanaugh, Joe Sample - clavinet, electric piano
• Roland Bautista - guitar
• John Rowin - guitar (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
• Wilton Felder (track 6), Clint Mosley (tracks 1–5, 7 & 8) - electric bass
• Steve Guttierez (tracks 1–5, 7 & 8), Michael Willars (track 6) - drums
• Joe Clayton - conga, tambourine, flexatone (track 1)
• Side Effect - backing vocals (track 2)

References

1. Pressure Sensitive. Ronnie Laws. Blue Note Records. 1975.
2. "Ronnie Laws Chart History". Billboard.^{[ dead link ]}
3. Yanow, S. "Ronnie Laws – Pressure Sensitive: Review". AllMusic.
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 124. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 871. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.