Pressure Sensitive

Pressure Sensitive
Pressure Sensitive
Studio album by Ronnie Laws
Released	1975; 1991 (re-release)
Recorded	Angel City Sound in Los Angeles, California in March–April, 1975.
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:54
Label	Blue Note
Producer	George Butler and Wayne Henderson
Ronnie Laws chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Pressure Sensitive is the debut album by American saxophonist Ronnie Laws released in 1975 by Blue Note. The album reached No. 25 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.^[4]^[5]

Overview[]

Pressure Sensitive was produced by George Butler and Wayne Henderson of The Crusaders.^[4]

Reception[]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated, "this obviously commercial effort (every song fades out before it hits the five-minute mark) can only be recommended in comparison to Ronnie Laws's later more inferior recordings".^[1]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Always There"	William Jeffrey, Ronnie Laws	4:52
2.	"Momma"	Roland Bautista	4:20
3.	"Never Be the Same"	Roland Bautista, Mike Cavanaugh, Ronnie Laws	4:23
4.	"Tell Me Something Good"	Stevie Wonder	4:50
5.	"Nothing to Lose"	Ronnie Laws	4:54
6.	"Tidal Wave"	William Jeffrey	4:08
7.	"Why Do You Laugh at Me?"	Wayne Henderson	3:55
8.	"Mis' Mary's Place"	Ronnie Laws	3:32

Personnel[]

Ronnie Laws - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
Jerry Peters - electric piano, synthesizer
Mike Cavanaugh, Joe Sample - clavinet, electric piano
Roland Bautista - guitar
- guitar (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
Wilton Felder (track 6), (tracks 1-5, 7 & 8) - electric bass
(tracks 1-5, 7 & 8), (track 6) - drums
Joe Clayton - conga, tambourine, flexatone (track 1)
Side Effect - backing vocals (track 2)

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. "Ronnie Laws: Pressure Sensitive". Allmusic.com.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 124. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 871. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ronnie Laws: Pressure Sensitive. Blue Note Records. 1975.
^ "Ronnie Laws: Pressure Sensitive". billboard.com.

[Allmusic-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. "Ronnie Laws: Pressure Sensitive". Allmusic.com.

[RSJRG-2] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 124. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 871. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Album-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ronnie Laws: Pressure Sensitive. Blue Note Records. 1975.

[5] "Ronnie Laws: Pressure Sensitive". billboard.com.

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