Thirds is a Rock album by James Gang, originally released in 1971. On Gatefold: 78 pressings tracked, owned by 16 collectors.
About
The third and final studio album Joe Walsh made with the James Gang before departing for a lucrative solo career, <i>Thirds</i> shows the group moving in two directions simultaneously. “Walk Away” is the rightful heir to “Funk #49,” a song replete with the brand of bare-knuckle riffs and boot-stomping hooks that had come to define the trio in the eyes of the public. The end of the song features one of Walsh’s most wonderfully twisted guitar passages, but he was still anxious that he was being pigeonholed, and therefore used the remainder to explore drastically different atmospheres. There is the vibraphonic jazz of “Yadig?,” the gospel soul of “White Man/Black Man” and the twinkling rustic country of “Dreamin’ In the Country.” It was obvious that Walsh was bored with meaty guitar riffs, which is one of the reasons he left the group to concentrate on the kind of dynamic, heavily arranged rock music represented by “It’s All the Same” and “Again.” While it lacks the lean attack of <i>Rides Again</i>, <i>Thirds</i> is the Gang’s most well-rounded album, and a rollicking portrait of Walsh’s ever-expanding musical viewpoint.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Walk Away3:32
- A2Yadig?2:30
- A3Things I Could Be4:18
- A4Dreamin' In The Country2:57
- A5It's All The Same4:10
Side B
- B1Midnight Man3:28
- B2Again4:04
- B3White Man / Black Man5:39
- B4Live My Life Again5:26
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Classic Rock
- jangly
- laid-back
- heartland
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Dale PetersBASS BASS, ELECTRIC UPRIGHT BASS, VOCALS BASS, VOCALS
- Jim FoxDRUMS DRUMS, VIBRAPHONE, ORGAN, PIANO, VOCALS DRUMS, VIBRAPHONE, VOCALS, ORGAN, PIANO
- Joe WalshGUITAR GUITAR, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR, PIANO, ELECTRIC PIANO, VOCALS GUITAR, VOCALS, ELECTRIC PIANO, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- Tom BakerARRANGED BY ARRANGED BY , HORNS HORNS
- Bob WebbBACKING VOCALS
- Mary SterpkaBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS , SOLO VOCAL BACKING VOCALS, SOLO VOCAL
- The Sweet InspirationsBACKING VOCALS
16 collectors on Gatefold own this · 78 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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