Over the Rainbow (Livingston Taylor album)
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| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 31:29 | |||
| Label | Capricorn | |||
| Producer | Ed Freeman | |||
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Over the Rainbow is singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor's third album, released in 1973. Its eleven tracks include nine of his own compositions, as well as two cover versions: "Over the Rainbow", from The Wizard of Oz, and George Harrison's "If I Needed Someone".[1]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C[2] |
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by Livingston Taylor, except where indicated.
- "Loving Be My New Horizon" – 1:45
- "Pretty Woman" (N. Clafin, Taylor) – 2:31
- "Falling In Love With You" – 2:23
- "I Can Dream of You" – 3:02
- "Blind" – 3:36
- "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) – 2:41
- "Rodeo" – 2:53
- "Lady Tomorrow" – 2:41
- "If I Needed Someone" (George Harrison) – 2:56
- "Let Me Go Down" – 3:19
- "Oh Hallelujah" – 3:46
Personnel
[edit]- Livingston Taylor – guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Gloria Agostini – harp
- Victor Brady – piano, steel guitar, steel piano
- Neil Larsen – keyboards
- Chuck Leavell – keyboards
- Tony Levin – bass guitar
- Mike Mainieri – percussion, marimba, vibraphone
- George Marge – clarinet, clavinet
- Rick Marotta – drums, percussion
- Jim Nalls – guitar
- Walter Robinson – bass guitar, acoustic bass
- Carly Simon – vocals
- Maretha Stewart – vocals
- Tommy Talton – guitar
- Howard "Buzz" Feiten – guitar
- James Taylor – vocals
- Jim Reeves – mix engineer
- Ed Freeman – producer
References
[edit]- ^ Over the Rainbow – Livingston Taylor | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved May 26, 2020
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 15, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.