Taught by Experts explained

Taught by Experts
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Peter Allen
Cover:	Taughtbyexperts.jpg
Released:	10 December 1976
Recorded:	1976
Studio:	The Record Plant and Village Recorders, Los Angeles^[1]
Genre:	Funk, disco, pop
Label:	A&M
Producer:	Brooks Arthur
Prev Title:	Continental American
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	It Is Time for Peter Allen
Next Year:	1977

Taught by Experts is the fourth studio album by Peter Allen, released in 1976.^[2] It spawned the hit "I Go to Rio". The album featured such musicians as Thom Rotella, Jerome Richardson, Lesley Gore and Dusty Springfield.

Track listing

1. "Puttin' Out Roots" (Peter Allen) – 3:32
2. "She Loves to Hear the Music" (Allen, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:16
3. "Back Doors Crying" (Allen, Sager) – 4:46
4. "I Go to Rio" (Allen, Adrienne Anderson) – 3:17
5. "Planes" (Allen, Sager) – 3:05
6. "Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage" (Allen, Sager) – 5:08
7. "This Time Around" (Allen) – 3:15
8. "The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:30
9. "Harbour" (Allen) – 3:36
10. "(I've Been) Taught by Experts" (Allen, Hal Hackady) – 3:12
11. "Six-Thirty Sunday Morning/New York, I Don't Know About You" (Allen) – 5:01

Personnel

• Peter Allen - vocals, piano, electric piano
• Thom Rotella - acoustic guitar
• John Jarvis - organ
• Alan Estes - percussion
• Judy Elliot - backing vocals
• Chuck Domanico - bass, acoustic bass
• Jim Gordon - drums
• Jim Keltner - drums
• Marilyn Baker - violin
• Jerome Richardson - saxophone
• Herb Alpert - trumpet solo on "The More I See You"
• Lesley Gore - backing vocals
• Dusty Springfield - backing vocals
• Brenda Russell - backing vocals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peter Allen – Taught by Experts (1976, Vinyl). Discogs. 1976 .
2. Web site: Taught by Experts - Peter Allen Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 23 December 2016.
3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 15.