Taught by Experts

Taught by Experts
Taught by Experts
Studio album by Peter Allen
Released	10 December 1976
Recorded	1976
Studio	The Record Plant and Village Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre	Funk, disco, pop
Label	A&M
Producer	Brooks Arthur
Peter Allen chronology

Taught by Experts is the fourth studio album by Peter Allen, released in 1976.^[2] It spawned the hit "I Go to Rio". The album featured such musicians as Thom Rotella, Jerome Richardson, Lesley Gore and Dusty Springfield.

Track listing

"Puttin' Out Roots" (Peter Allen) – 3:32
"She Loves to Hear the Music" (Allen, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:16
"Back Doors Crying" (Allen, Sager) – 4:46
"I Go to Rio" (Allen, Adrienne Anderson) – 3:17
"Planes" (Allen, Sager) – 3:05
"Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage" (Allen, Sager) – 5:08
"This Time Around" (Allen) – 3:15
"The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:30
"Harbour" (Allen) – 3:36
"(I've Been) Taught by Experts" (Allen, Hal Hackady) – 3:12
"Six-Thirty Sunday Morning/New York, I Don't Know About You" (Allen) – 5:01

Personnel

Peter Allen - vocals, piano, electric piano
Thom Rotella - acoustic guitar
John Jarvis - organ
Alan Estes - percussion
Judy Elliot - backing vocals
Chuck Domanico - bass, acoustic bass
Jim Gordon - drums
Jim Keltner - drums
Marilyn Baker - violin
Jerome Richardson - saxophone
Herb Alpert - trumpet solo on "The More I See You"
Lesley Gore - backing vocals
Dusty Springfield - backing vocals
Brenda Russell - backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1976/77)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)^[3]	11

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[4]	Gold	20,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Peter Allen – Taught by Experts (1976, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1976.
^ "Taught by Experts - Peter Allen | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 15. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Allen Gets Gold Down Under" (PDF). Cash Box. 19 November 1977. p. 68. Retrieved 25 November 2021 – via World Radio History.

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[1] "Peter Allen – Taught by Experts (1976, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1976.

[2] "Taught by Experts - Peter Allen | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

[aus-3] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 15. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[4] "Allen Gets Gold Down Under" (PDF). Cash Box. 19 November 1977. p. 68. Retrieved 25 November 2021 – via World Radio History.

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v t e Peter Allen
Studio albums	Peter Allen (1971) Tenterfield Saddler (1972) Continental American (1974) Taught by Experts (1976) I Could Have Been a Sailor (1979) Bi-Coastal (1980) Not the Boy Next Door (1983) Making Every Moment Count (1990)
Compilation albums	It Is Time for Peter Allen (1977) The Very Best of Peter Allen (1982) Captured Live at Carnegie Hall (1985) The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under (1992) The Ultimate Peter Allen (2006)
Notable singles	"Tenterfield Saddler" (1972) "I Honestly Love You" (1975) "The More I See You" (1976) "I Go to Rio" (1976) "Don't Cry Out Loud" (1978) "I Still Call Australia Home" (1980)
Productions	Soon (1971) Legs Diamond (1988) The Boy from Oz (1998) Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door (2015)
Related articles	The Allen Brothers Liza Minnelli Bernadette Peters "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" (1979) "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (1980) "I Don't Go Shopping" (1981) ARIA Hall of Fame