Release Yourself

Release Yourself
Studio album by
Graham Central Station
ReleasedSeptember 1974
Recorded1974
StudioThe Record Plant, Sausalito, California
GenreFunk[1]
Length37:40
LabelWarner Bros. Records
ProducerLarry Graham
Graham Central Station chronology
Graham Central Station
(1974) 		Release Yourself
(1974) 		Ain't No 'Bout-A-Doubt It
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

Release Yourself is the second album by Graham Central Station, released in 1974. The cover photograph was taken at Old Saint Hilary's Church, Tiburon, California.[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Larry Graham except where indicated

  1. "G.C.S." 3:24
  2. "Release Yourself" 4:44
  3. "Got To Go Through It To Get To It" 3:42
  4. "I Believe In You" 4:51
  5. "'Tis Your Kind of Music" 5:41
  6. "Hey Mr. Writer" 4:03
  7. "Feel the Need" (Abrim Tilmon) 3:53
  8. "Today" 6:43

Personnel

  • Larry Graham - bass, guitar, ARP synthesizer, tambourine, lead and backing vocals, cover concept
  • Hershall "Happiness" Kennedy - horns, Clavinet, electric piano, tambourine, vocals
  • Willie "Wild" Sparks - drums
  • David "Dynamite" Vega - guitar
  • Robert "Butch" Sam - organ, piano, tambourine, vocals
  • Patryce "Choc'Let" Banks - drum programming [funk box], tambourine, vocals
  • Emilio Castillo, Greg Adams, Lenny Pickett, Mic Gillette, Stephen Kupka - horns
  • Lenny Williams - vocals
Technical
  • Tom Salisbury - cover design, photography

Charts

The album peaked at number twenty-two on the Billboard Top Soul Albums in 1974.

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[4] 51
Billboard Top Soul Albums[4] 22

References

  1. ^ Dolan, Joe; Martoccio, Angie; Sheffield, Rob (November 20, 2024). "The 74 Best Albums of 1974". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 30, 2024. It was a boom year for the funk: 1974 had cult faves from Mandrill (Mandrilland), Graham Central Station (Release Yourself), the Main Ingredient (Euphrates River), and Rasputin's Stash (The Devil Made Me Do It).
  2. ^ Guarisco, Donald A.. Graham Central Station: Release Yourself > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Musical Maps".
  4. ^ a b "Graham Central Station US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-26.