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1. This song, the A-side of their first single (along with the B-side "House In The Country"), was previously released on their first album, "Child Is Father To The Man". It fizzled at release and never charted. Al Kooper sings the lead and plays a very important piano part in the Chicago-like sound. He professes his love for a woman and her "young girl's eyes". Not much brass, a few reverse guitar licks at the end.
2. The only song featured on their second single, it shot to #2, went gold, and pulled the album "Blood, Sweat, & Tears" to #1 as it became double-platnium. The 10th song on the previously mentioned second album of the group, still heard often on oldies stations. Starts with a low trumpet trill, followed by some keyboard counter-plays into a soulful performance by their new lead singer, David Clayton-Thomas. "I lost that love before...You touched my very soul..." Originally written by Brenda Holloway.
3. The A-side of their third single (along with "Spinning Wheel" on the B-side). A short song by their standards, just a little over 2:00. A lot of hard brass with some keyboard, plus a lot of Clayton-Thomas screaming over the horns. A few lines: "Like medicine baby, you're good for me... Like honey darlin' yeah, I know you're sweet to me. Each passing day brings us much closer together, and the love you give me darlin' just keeps getting better and better..."
4. Their fourth single, yet another #2, with the B-side "Sometimes In Winter". Starts with a famous harmonica solo, then proceeds to switch styles numerous times; from the blues-like lead lyrics, to a western interlude, to a hard-brass section. Written by Jim Fielder's (their bass player) girlfriend Laura Nyro (who almost become their lead singer before Clayton-Thomas), the song takes an unafraid look at the big "D".
5. A David Clayton-Thomas original composition perhaps detailing the experience of his youth. Highlighted by a lot of heavy trumpet (ranging from countermelodies to a solo). A line: "What goes up, must come down". Appeared on "Blood, Sweat, & Tears", perhaps their most famous song, a radio classic to this day.
6. This is the first song featured on their third album, simply titled "BS&T 3". Written originally by Goffin and King, it starts slow and builds slowly, featuring a nice harmonica/trumpet solo section in the middle, and Clayton-Thomas is followed by a full chorus at the finale. The song follows a Faust theme. A single with this on the A-side and "The Battle" on the B-side followed, checking in at #14.
7. The song in fast, very fast, with a lot of trumpet. Another original composition by David Clayton-Thomas, and he sings with a lot of energy, perhaps overdoing it. The song tells of a child of evil, who spends her nights seducing young boys, older and even sometimes married men. As with a lot of their songs, Satan is mentioned. Released as a single after the song mentioned in question #6 and appearing on "BS&T 3", it's B-side was the reprisal of the very song in question. It charted at #29.
8. The A-side of the first single from the album "BS&T 4" with the B-side "Valentine's Day", going to #32. It's a more hard-rock tune compared to the more jazz-rock style of Blood, Sweat, & Tears. Another Clayton-Thomas original, he for the first and only time plays a lead guitar line. The narrator tells his short life story, a line: "raised on ... a dollar here and there." Features a strange tuba-solo in the middle.
9. Jerry Fisher gets his first chance at leading the band, and their first new album is "New Blood", featuring this song, its first single along with B-side "Alone". It charts at #44, the album at #32. The highpoint of the album, it tells of a "lazy moon and sweet magnolia blooms". Think Alabama.
10. David Clayton-Thomas returns to Blood, Sweat, & Tears after a failure at a solo career. After a few months of studio time in 1975 the product is "New City", an album featuring this song, a cover of a minor Beatles hit on Revolver. Once called the "Ode To Pot" by its original composer Paul McCartney. Lines: "I was alone, I took a ride, I didn't know what I would find there. Another road, where maybe I, could find another kind of mind, there." A single that reached #62, but got tons of radio airtime.
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