| Split Coconut | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 1975 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Bruce Botnick, Dave Mason | |||
| Dave Mason chronology | ||||
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Split Coconut is an album by Dave Mason, released in October 1975. It was reissued on CD on the One Way label in 1995.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Allmusic's brief retrospective review called the album a major disappointment after Mason's first two albums for Columbia, claiming that the songs seem both hastily written and hastily recorded. [1]
All songs by Dave Mason unless otherwise noted.
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| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Billboard Pop Albums | 27 |
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