Carney (Leon Russell album)
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| Studio album by Leon Russell | ||||
| Released | June 26, 1972 | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock | |||
| Length | 37:29 | |||
| Label | Shelter | |||
| Producer |
Denny Cordell Leon Russell |
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| Source | Rating |
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| Robert Christgau | B− |
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.
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." Critic Robert Christgau expressed similar sentiments, writing, "Not the radical falloff some report — just slippage, the first side listenable and the second flaky."
All tracks composed by Leon Russell except where indicated
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