Sibling Rivalry (The Doobie Brothers album)

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Sibling Rivalry
The Doobie Brothers - Sibling Rivalry.jpg
Studio album by
The Doobie Brothers
ReleasedOctober 3, 2000
Recorded1999–2000
Genre Rock
Length60:01
Label Pyramid, Rhino
Producer Guy Allison, Terry Nelson, The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers chronology
Rockin' down the Highway: The Wildlife Concert
(1996)		Sibling Rivalry
(2000)		 Divided Highway
(2003)
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Sibling Rivalry is the twelfth studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers. [4] [5] The album was released on October 3, 2000, by Pyramid Records and Rhino Entertainment.

Contents

The album was the band's first studio recording since Brotherhood , in 1991. It was also the only Doobie Brothers studio album to feature a lead vocal by multi-instrumentalist John McFee and full lead vocals by drummer Keith Knudsen, both of whom had rejoined the group in 1993 after an eleven-year absence.

The group photograph in the inner booklet featured touring sidesmen Guy Allison (keyboards, backing vocals), Marc Russo (saxophone) and Skylark (bass, backing vocals). Allison and Russo also featured on the album, the former co-writing three tracks while occasional touring bassist John Cowan also featured and contributed the song Can't Stand to Lose written with Poco's Rusty Young.

Critical reception

The New Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that the band were "struggling vainly to put their formula to work again ... [Michael] McDonald wisely stayed far away." [3] The Vancouver Sun deemed the album "vintage soft rock, but not an entirely painful experience." [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)VocalsLength
1."People Gotta Love Again" Tom Johnston Johnston4:48
2."Leave My Heartache Behind" Patrick Simmons Simmons3:54
3."Ordinary Man"Bob Bangerter, Michael Ruff, Neida BequetteSimmons4:00
4."Jericho"JohnstonJohnston5:04
5."On Every Corner" Keith Knudsen, Zeke ZirngiebelKnudsen4:11
6."Angels of Madness" Guy Allison, Michael Hossack, John McFee McFee4:40
7."45th Floor" Bill Champlin, JohnstonJohnston5:09
8."Can't Stand to Lose" John Cowan, Rusty Young Simmons3:56
9."Higher Ground"Bill Champlin, Tamara Champlin, JohnstonJohnston4:19
10."Gates of Eden"Allison, KnudsenKnudsen4:59
11."Don't Be Afraid"Simmons, Cris Sommer-Simmons, BangerterSimmons5:47
12."Rocking Horse"Allison, KnudsenJohnston6:27
13."Five Corners"McFee, Simmonsinstrumental1:52
Japan bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)VocalsLength
14."Little Bitty Pretty One" Bobby Day Johnston4:42

Personnel

The Doobie Brothers

Additional personnel

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Andrew Vance. "Sibling Rivalry - The Doobie Brothers". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 83.
  3. 1 2 Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (May 4, 2004). "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide". Simon and Schuster – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "The Doobie Brothers | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ "'Sibling Rivalry' among Doobies". Deseret News. November 24, 2000.
  6. ↑ Gold, Kerry (21 Dec 2000). "Music: CD Review". Vancouver Sun. p. C14.
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