Release Yourself Explained

Release Yourself
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Graham Central Station
Cover:	Graham Central Station Release Yourself.jpg
Released:	September 1974
Recorded:	1974
Studio:	The Record Plant, Sausalito, California
Genre:	Funk^[1]
Length:	37:40
Label:	Warner Bros. Records
Producer:	Larry Graham
Prev Title:	Graham Central Station
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Ain't No 'Bout-A-Doubt It
Next Year:	1975

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.^[2]

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^[3]	51
Billboard Top Soul Albums	22

External links

• Graham Central Station-Release Yourself at Discogs
• - live on Soul Train 1975

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dolan. Joe. Martoccio. Angie. Rob. Sheffield. The 74 Best Albums of 1974. . November 20, 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).. November 30, 2024.
2. Web site: Musical Maps.
3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p17977/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} Graham Central Station US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-09-26.