Sweet Harmony (album)

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Sweet Harmony
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Studio album by
Released1976 (1976)
StudioWarner Bros. Recording Studios
Label Reprise
Producer Joe Boyd, Lenny Waronker
Maria Muldaur chronology
Waitress in a Donut Shop
(1974)
Sweet Harmony
(1976)
Southern Winds
(1978)
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Sweet Harmony is the third solo studio album by Maria Muldaur. It was released in 1976 on the Reprise label. The album was produced by Joe Boyd and Lenny Waronker. It features J. J. Cale and Waddy Wachtel on guitar, Earl Palmer on drums, and others.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Sweet Harmony" (Smokey Robinson) – 4:45
  2. "Sad Eyes" (Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody) – 4:30
  3. "Lying Song" (Kate McGarrigle) – 4:07
  4. "Rockin' Chair" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 3:42
  5. "I Can't Stand It" (Smokey McAllister) – 3:37
  6. "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye" (Harry Woods) – 3:35
  7. "Back by Fall" (Wendy Waldman) – 3:55
  8. "Jon the Generator" (John Herald) – 3:20
  9. "Wild Bird" (Wendy Waldman) – 4:45
  10. "As an Eagle Stirreth in Her Nest" (William Herbert Brewster) – 4:11

Personnel

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References

  1. Chadbourne, Eugene. "Maria Muldaur: Sweet Harmony". AllMusic . Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.