Carney (Leon Russell album)

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Carney
Carney200.jpg
Studio album by
Leon Russell
ReleasedJune 26, 1972 (1972-06-26)
StudioSkyhill Studios, Hollywood Hills, California; Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama; Paradise Studios, Tia Juana, Oklahoma
GenreRock, psychedelic rock
Length37:29
LabelShelter
ProducerDenny Cordell
Leon Russell
Leon Russell chronology
Asylum Choir II
(1971) 		Carney
(1972) 		Looking Back
(1973)

Carney is Leon Russell's third solo studio album, released in 1972. It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 200 and was the first for Russell to contain a hit single — "Tight Rope" b/w "This Masquerade" — which reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB–[2]

In a review for Allmusic, the critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called "Tight Rope", the opening track, "an excellent introduction to an off-kilter, confused, fascinating album" and said that the album "consolidates his two extremes, offering a side of fairly straightforward roots rock before delving headfirst into twisted psychedelia on the second side."[1] Critic Robert Christgau expressed similar sentiments, writing, "Not the radical falloff some report — just slippage, the first side listenable and the second flaky."[2]

Track listing[]

All tracks composed by Leon Russell except where indicated

  1. "Tight Rope" – 2:59
  2. "Out in the Woods" – 3:35
  3. "Me and Baby Jane" – 3:52
  4. "Manhattan Island Serenade" – 3:25
  5. "Cajun Love Song" – 3:08
  6. "Roller Derby" – 2:22
  7. "Carney" – :47
  8. "Acid Annapolis" (Leon Russell, Don Preston) – 2:47
  9. "If the Shoe Fits" – 2:21
  10. "My Cricket" – 2:55
  11. "This Masquerade" – 4:22
  12. "Magic Mirror" – 4:56

Charts[]

Chart (1972) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 6
United States (Billboard 200) 2

Personnel[]

  • Leon Russell – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano
  • Don Preston – guitar, vocals
  • Joey Cooper – guitar
  • Carl Radle – bass guitar
  • Chuck Blackwell, Jim Keltner – drums
  • John Gallie – Hammond organ
Technical
  • Marlin Greene, John Lemay, Peter Nicholls – engineer
  • Gene Brownell – art direction
  • Daniel Mayo – photography

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Carney: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 12, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 262. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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