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Try a Little Kindness (1970)
Where the lyrics of Try a Little Kindness take you, and where it was really made.
The title track was one of Glen Campbell's favorite songs, yet this 1970 album peaked only at No. 28 on the UK Albums Chart.
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Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood (1970)
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Album story
Overview
- Try a Little Kindness: fourteenth studio album by American singer and guitarist Glen Campbell
- Released in 1970
- Title track was one of Campbell's favorite songs
- Twelve tracks in total, six on side one and six on side two
- Side one opens with the title track; side two includes Jimmy Webb's 'Honey Come Back'
- Covers include Joni Mitchell's 'Both Sides Now' and Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn's 'All the Way'
Background
- Campbell sings and plays acoustic guitar on the record
- Album is one of Campbell's studio releases from the late 1960s and early 1970s, a period of steady output
- Campbell's career produced many songs for other writers to pitch to him, and this album mixes several outside compositions
- Personnel include Al Casey on acoustic guitar
- Joe Osborn and Carol Kaye both play bass
- Hal Blaine on drums and Bob Felts on percussion
Recording
- Al De Lory produced the album and also conducted
- Arrangements by Al De Lory and Marty Paich
- Engineers Joe Polito and Pete Abbot
- Recording location: Capitol Studios in Hollywood is listed among the sessions' studios
Sources: en.wikipedia.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
- Fourteenth studio album by Glen Campbell, released in 1970
- Side one: 'Try a Little Kindness' by Curt Sapaugh and Bobby Austin, 2:23
- Side one: 'Both Sides Now' by Joni Mitchell, 3:44
- Side one: 'For My Woman's Love' by Ben Peters, 3:07
- Side one: 'Country Girl' by Craig Smith, 2:51
- Side one: 'All the Way' by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn, 3:10
- Side one: 'Where Do You Go' by Ed Penney and John Domurad, 2:45
- Side two: 'Honey Come Back' by Jimmy Webb, 3:00
- Side two: 'Folk Singer' by C. E. Daniels, 2:45
- Side two: 'Love Is Not a Game' by Jerry Goldstein, 2:10
- Side two: 'Once More with Feeling' by Shirley Nelson, 3:16
- Side two: 'And the World Keeps Spinning' by Ron Green and Ron Price, 2:37
- Side two: 'Home Again' by Larry Rintye and Jesse Hodges, 2:48
Records
- UK Albums Chart peak: No. 28
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The title track was one of Glen Campbell's favorite songs.
- Joe Osborn and Carol Kaye both played bass on the album.
- Hal Blaine played drums on the sessions.
- Engineers Joe Polito and Pete Abbot worked on the recording.
- Al De Lory served as producer, conductor and co-arranger.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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