Stop Your Motor

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Stop Your Motor
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1971
Recorded1971
Genre Pop Rock
Length33:42
Label Warner Bros.
Producer The Association
The Association chronology
The Association Live
(1970)
Stop Your Motor
(1971)
Waterbeds in Trinidad!
(1972)
Singles from Stop Your Motor
  1. "Along the Way"
    Released: September 1970
  2. "P.F. Sloan"
    Released: May 1971
  3. "Bring Yourself Home"
    Released: August 1971
  4. "That's Racin"
    Released: October 1971

Stop Your Motor is the sixth studio album by American pop band the Association, and their final album released on Warner Bros. Records. It marked the debut of keyboardist Richard Thompson, replacing original member Russ Giguere. The songs "That's Racin'" (original titled "I'm Going To Be A Racin' Star") and "The First Sound" were initially slated to be part of a proposed soundtrack for a documentary film about auto racing, Once Upon a Wheel, hosted by Paul Newman but the soundtrack failed to materialise beyond a promotional level (sponsored by Coca-Cola). The title song from the documentary, as composed by Terry Kirkman, never saw an official release.

Contents

The album contained four singles; however none of them charted and the album peaked at number 158 on Billboard.

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Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Bring Yourself Home"Ted BluechelKirkman4:06
2."Funny Kind of Song" Jules Alexander Alexander3:22
3."That's Racin'" Terry Kirkman Cole1:58
4."P.F. Sloan" Jimmy Webb Yester, Ramos, and Cole4:08
5."Silver Morning"KirkmanKirkman5:13
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."It's Gotta Be Real"Larry RamosRamos2:19
2."The First Sound"Kirkman, Richard ThompsonKirkman4:05
3."Along the Way" Jim Yester Yester3:20
4."Traveller's Guide (Spanish Flyer)"Brian ColeCole2:17
5."Seven Virgins" Jimmie Spheeris Group2:54

Personnel

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References

  1. "Stop Your Motor > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved June 15, 2011.