Smokestack Lightning (album) explained

Smokestack Lightning
Type:studio
Artist:Mike Harrison
Cover:Mike Harrison Smokestack Lightning Cover.jpg
Released:November 1972
Studio:Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama
Genre:Rock, pop
Label:Island
Producer:Mike Harrison, Chris Blackwell
Prev Title:Mike Harrison
Prev Year:1971
Next Title:Rainbow Rider
Next Year:1975

Smokestack Lightning is the second solo album by Mike Harrison, most notable as a principal lead singer for Spooky Tooth.[1] The album was released on Island Records in 1972 and was co-produced by Chris Blackwell and Mike Harrison.[2] The album was recorded at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.

Track listing

  1. "Tears" (Jimmy Stevens) - 4:12
  2. "Paid My Dues" (Stevens) - 4:19
  3. "What a Price" (Murphy Maddux, Jack Jessup, Fats Domino) - 5:52
  4. "Wanna Be Free" (Joe Tex) - 4:14
  5. "Turning Over" (Harrison, Luther Grosvenor) - 6:31
  6. "Smokestack Lightning" (Chester Burnett) - 12:28

Personnel

Other Credits

References

  1. The other being Gary Wright, for much of the band's career.
  2. https://www.discogs.com/Mike-Harrison-Smokestack-Lightning/release/1661016 Credits - Smokestack Lightning