Standing Tall (The Crusaders album)

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Standing Tall
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Studio album by
The Crusaders
Released1981
GenreJazz
LabelMCA[1]
ProducerWilton Felder, Stix Hooper, Joe Sample[2]
The Crusaders chronology
Rhapsody and Blues
(1980) 		Standing Tall
(1981) 		Royal Jam
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic1.5/5 stars[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide2/5 stars[4]

Standing Tall is the fourteenth album by the jazz group The Crusaders after they changed their name from The Jazz Crusaders, and their third studio album with MCA Records. It features singer Joe Cocker as guest artist on two tracks: the 1981 Grammy-nominated song "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" and "This Old World's Too Funky for Me."[5]

Track listing[]

  1. "Standing Tall"
  2. "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" (Guest Artist: Joe Cocker)
  3. "Sunshine in Your Eyes"
  4. "This Old World's Too Funky For Me" (Guest Artist: Joe Cocker)
  5. "Luckenbach Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)"
  6. "The Longest Night"
  7. "Reprise (I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today) (Instrumental)"

References[]

  1. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (October 17, 1981). "Closeup". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Standing Tall - The Crusaders | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 53. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  5. ^ The Crusaders, The Vocal Album: The Greatest Vocal Hits from the Crusaders, CD, MCA Records Capitol Records, 1987


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