We Got a Good Thing Going

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We Got a Good Thing Going
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Studio album by
Released1972
RecordedSeptember 21 & 28 and October 10, 1972
Studio Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length38:11
Label Kudu
KU-08
Producer Creed Taylor
Hank Crawford chronology
Help Me Make It Through the Night
(1972)
We Got a Good Thing Going
(1972)
Wildflower
(1973)

We Got a Good Thing Going is the thirteenth album led by the saxophonist Hank Crawford and his second release on the Kudu label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars stating, "Of Hank Crawford's somewhat erratic output for Kudu during 1971-78, this is the album to get. The Don Sebesky arrangements for strings and an oversized rhythm section fit Crawford's soulful style well and the altoist performs consistently strong material that was also commercially successful". [2]

Track listing

  1. "We Got a Good Thing Going" (The Corporation) - 6:00
  2. "I Don't Know" (Bill Withers) - 4:20
  3. "Down to Earth" (Ron Miller, Avery Vandenberg) - 3:25
  4. "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Duke Ellington, Mack David) - 6:55
  5. "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 3:15
  6. "Little Tear" (Don Sebesky) - 3:33
  7. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 3:38
  8. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 3:35
  9. "Alone Again (Naturally)" (Gilbert O'Sullivan) - 3:30
  10. "Dirt Dobbler" (Alfred Ellis) - 3:32
  11. "Betcha by Golly, Wow" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) - 5:10
  12. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) - 3:41
  13. "Jazz Bridge" (Sebesky) - 2:50

Personnel

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References

  1. Payne, D. Kudu Records discography accessed October 6, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. We Got a Good Thing Going – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 6, 2015.