For other uses, see Minute by Minute (disambiguation) .
1978 studio album by The Doobie Brothers
Minute by Minute is the eighth studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers , released on December 1, 1978, by Warner Bros. Records . It was their last album to include members John Hartman (until Cycles ) and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter .
The album spent 87 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart and spent two weeks at number one. In the spring of 1979 Minute by Minute was the best-selling album in the U.S. for five non-consecutive weeks.[7] It was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA .[8]
The song "What a Fool Believes " hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1979 and became the band's biggest hit. The title track and "Depending on You" were also released as singles and reached the top 30.
Minute by Minute made The Doobie Brothers one of the big winners at the 22nd Grammy Awards . The album got the trophy for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group and received a nomination for Album of the Year; the single "What a Fool Believes" earned them three Grammys, including Song and Record of the Year .
Track listing [ ]
6. "Open Your Eyes"
McDonald
Abrams
Patrick Henderson
McDonald 3:18 7. "Sweet Feelin'" Simmons, Nicolette Larson 2:41 8. "Steamer Lane Breakdown" Simmons instrumental 3:24 9. "You Never Change" Simmons McDonald, Simmons 3:26 10. "How Do the Fools Survive?" McDonald 5:12
Personnel [ ]
The Doobie Brothers [ ]
Additional musicians [ ]
Production [ ]
Producer – Ted Templeman
Production Coordination – Beth Naranjo
Engineer – Donn Landee
Additional Engineer – Loyd Clifft
Additional Engineer - Steve Malcolm
Cover Design and Coordinator – Bruce Steinberg
Photography – David Alexander
Management – Bruce Cohn
Recorded at Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood ;
Mixed at Sunset Sound , Los Angeles
Charts [ ]
Weekly charts [ ]
Year
Chart
Position
1979
Billboard Pop Albums
1
Singles [ ]
Year
Single
Chart
Position
1979
"Dependin' on You"
Billboard Pop Singles
25
"Minute by Minute"
Billboard Black Singles
74
"Minute by Minute"
Billboard Pop Singles
14
"What a Fool Believes"
Billboard Black Singles
72
"What a Fool Believes"
Billboard Club Play Singles
40
"What a Fool Believes"
Pop Singles
1
Certifications [ ]
Organization
Level
Date
RIAA – USA
3× Platinum
October 22, 1984
References [ ]
^ Bruce Eder. "Minute by Minute - The Doobie Brothers" . AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-08-26 .
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D" . Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields . ISBN 089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press . ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8 .
^ Strong, Martin Charles (2002). "The Doobie Brothers". The Great Rock Discography . The National Academies . ISBN 1-84195-312-1 .
^ Stephen Holden (1979-02-22). "The Doobie Brothers: Minute By Minute" . Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2018-08-26 .
^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster . pp. 253 . ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 .
^ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top Pop Albums 1955-1985 , Record Research Inc., 1985, p. 106, 506.
^ "RIAA – Searchable Database: Doobie Brothers" . Retrieved October 25, 2018 .
^ Templeman, Ted; Renoff, Greg (2020). Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life in Music . ECW Press. p. 283-284.
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