Of a Simple Man explained

Of a Simple Man
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lobo
Cover:	LoboOfASimpleMan.jpg
Released:	October 1972
Recorded:	1972
Studio:	Mastersound Studios
Genre:	Folk rock, soft rock
Label:	Big Tree Records
Producer:	Phil Gernhard
Prev Title:	Introducing Lobo
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	Calumet
Next Year:	1973

Of a Simple Man is the second album by Lobo, released in 1972 on Big Tree Records.^[1]

It is Lobo's most popular album, peaking at #37 on the US Top LP chart. Two of its singles were Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and chart toppers on the Easy Listening chart.

Track listing

All songs are written by Kent LaVoie.

Personnel

Production

• Producer

Phil Gernhard

• Engineer

Bob Richardson

• Photography: Marion Moorman

Charts

Album

Weekly charts

Year	Chart	Position
1973	Billboard Top LPs^[2]	37
1973	Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	18

Year-end charts

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1972	"A Simple Man"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[5]	56
		U.S. Billboard Easy Listening^[6]	17
	"I'd Love You to Want Me"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[7]	2
		U.S. Billboard Easy Listening^[8]	1
1974		U.K.^[9]	5
1973	"Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[10]	8
		U.S. Billboard Easy Listening^[11]	1

Notes and References

1. Album Reviews. Billboard . 84 . 43 . 72. October 14, 1972. March 27, 2020. Google Books.
2. Of A Simple Man. Billboard. March 27, 2020.
3. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
4. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. 1974. GfK Entertainment Charts. de. April 2, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612213157/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1974. June 12, 2018.
5. A Simple Man (Hot 100). Billboard. March 27, 2020.
6. A Simple Man (Adult Contemporary). Billboard. March 27, 2020.
7. I'd Love You to Want Me (Hot 100). Billboard. March 27, 2020.
8. I'd Love You to Want Me (Adult Contemporary). Billboard. March 27, 2020.
9. I'd Love You to Want Me (UK). Billboard. March 27, 2020.
10. Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend (Hot 100). Billboard. March 27, 2020.
11. Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend (Adult Contemporary). Billboard. March 27, 2020.