Standing Tall (The Crusaders album)

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Standing Tall
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Studio album by
the Crusaders
ReleasedOctober 1981
Genre Jazz
Label MCA [1]
Producer Wilton Felder, Stix Hooper, Joe Sample [2]
The Crusaders chronology
Rhapsody and Blues
(1980)		Standing Tall
(1981)		 Royal Jam
(1982)
Professional ratings
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Standing Tall is an album by the jazz group the Crusaders, their third studio album with MCA Records. It features singer Joe Cocker as guest artist on two tracks: the 1981 Grammy-nominated song "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" and "This Old World's Too Funky for Me". [5]

Track listing

  1. "Standing Tall" (Stix Hooper) 6:46
  2. "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" (Joe Sample, Will Jennings) 5:02
  3. "Sunshine in Your Eyes" (Sample) 6:11
  4. "This Old World's Too Funky For Me" (Sample, Jennings) 5:25
  5. "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" (Chips Moman, Bobby Emmons) 4:23
  6. "The Longest Night" (Sample) 6:24
  7. "Reprise (I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today) (Instrumental)" (Sample. Jennings) 2:59

References

  1. ↑ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Closeup". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 17, 1981. p. 84 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Standing Tall - The Crusaders | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 53. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  5. ↑ The Crusaders, The Vocal Album: The Greatest Vocal Hits from the Crusaders, CD, MCA Records Capitol Records, 1987


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