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Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like (1980)

Where the lyrics of Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like take you, and where it was really made.

The title track was first recorded by Tom Jones in 1974, but Glen Campbell's 1980 hit version was cut as a duet with Rita Coolidge.

Key places

Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood (1980)

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Album story

Overview

• Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like: 36th album by American singer/guitarist Glen Campbell
• Released in 1980
• Ten tracks, five on each side of the original LP
• Title track is a duet with Rita Coolidge
• Producer: Gary Klein; executive producer: Charles Koppelman

Background

• Title track first recorded by Tom Jones in 1974
• Campbell's version became a hit on three U.S. charts in June 1980
• Songs by other writers include 'That Kind' (Neil Diamond, Carole Bayer Sager), 'Part Time Love' (David Gates) and 'Hooked On Love' (Ian Gomm)
• Musical contractor: Frank DeCaro

Recording

• Recording and mixing credited to John Arrias; recording credit also to Sheridan Eldridge
• Arrangements by Tom Saviano, Nick DeCaro and Lee Holdridge
• Session players include Steve Turner (drums), Neil Stubenhaus (bass) and Dean Parks (guitars)
• Jeff Baxter plays vocoder on 'That Kind' and pedal steel on 'Show Me You Love Me'
• Tanya Tucker sings backing vocals on 'Hollywood Smiles' and 'If This Is Love'
• Harry Bluestone and Sid Sharp serve as concertmasters

Cover

• Art direction: Roy Kohara
• Photography: Jim McCrary

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born April 22, 1936 in Billstown, Arkansas; began as a session guitarist in Los Angeles from 1960.
• Joined the studio group later known as The Wrecking Crew and played on recordings by many major artists.

Career

• Began a solo career in 1961; breakthrough hits included "Gentle on My Mind", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", and "Wichita Lineman" in 1967–1968.
• Hosted The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS from 1969 to 1972.
• Released 64 albums across five decades and sold over 45 million records worldwide.
• Hit "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Southern Nights" in the mid-1970s were both US number one songs.
• Won four Grammys in 1967 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.

Personal and final years

• Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2011; retired in 2013 after recording his final song.
• Died August 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 81.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Stereo Review (Noel Coppage, September 1980) ran the album in its 'Popular Discs and Tapes' column
• Kansas City Star, 30 September 1980: D.P. Breckenridge wrote a review titled 'Glen Campbell's touch and voice is still sure, clear'
• New Straits Times, 31 August 1980: listed under 'Pick of the new records' on page 21

Records

• The title track became a hit on three U.S. charts for Campbell in June 1980
• Billboard Singles chart (United States) is the only chart listed for this album
• The original 1974 recording by Tom Jones is cited through a Discogs entry among the references
• Released in 1980 as Campbell's thirty-sixth album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title track was first recorded by Tom Jones in 1974, and Campbell's 1980 version is a duet with Rita Coolidge
• 'Show Me You Love Me' is the second duet with Coolidge on the album
• Jeff Baxter contributed pedal steel guitar to 'Show Me You Love Me' as well as vocoder on 'That Kind'
• Tanya Tucker appears as a backing vocalist on 'Hollywood Smiles' and 'If This Is Love'

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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