Something Else Again

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Something Else Again
Something Else Again Havens.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1968
RecordedSeptember 8 & 20, 1967
Genre Folk, jazz, singer-songwriter
Length43:34
Label Verve
Producer John Court
Richie Havens chronology
Mixed Bag
(1966)
Something Else Again
(1968)
Richard P. Havens, 1983
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Rolling Stone (Favorable) [2]

Something Else Again is the second studio album by American folk singer and guitarist Richie Havens, released in January 1968. [3] The track "Run, Shaker Life" was based on a Shaker dance song by elder Issachar Bates [4] and reworked from Havens' old band, The Last Men, who reunited for this recording. [5] "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" was later reworked by Yes on its second album, Time and a Word .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (Richie Havens) – 2:58
  2. "Inside of Him" (Havens) – 4:26
  3. "The Klan" ("Alan Grey, David Grey," pseudonyms for Alan Arkin and David I. Arkin) – 4:31
  4. "Sugarplums" – 2:54
  5. "Don't Listen to Me" (Havens) – 4:27
  6. "From the Prison" (Jerry Merrick) – 3:37
  7. "Maggie's Farm" (Bob Dylan) – 4:38
  8. "Something Else Again" – 7:30
  9. "New City" (Havens, John Court) – 2:47
  10. "Run, Shaker Life" (Havens, Joe Price, Mark Roth) – 5:46

Personnel

Technical

Charts

yearchartpeak
1968 Billboard Pop Albums184

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Rolling Stone. Vol 1. No. 4, January 20, 1968, p. 20
  3. Allmusic entry for Something Else Again. Accessed April 26, 2013.
  4. Song Comparison: "Come Life, Shaker Life" and "Run, Shaker Life". AmericanMusicPreservation.com. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  5. "Havens' New Album". Rolling Stone. Vol. 1 No. 2, November 23, 1967.