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1974 studio album by Graham Central Station
Release Yourself
Studio album by Graham Central Station
ReleasedSeptember 1974
Recorded1974
StudioThe Record Plant, Sausalito, California
GenreFunk
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)
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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.

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 , 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 51
Billboard Top Soul Albums 22

External links

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. ^ "Graham Central Station US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
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