Blood, Sweat & Tears 3
Studio album by
Blood, Sweat & Tears
ReleasedJune 1970
GenreRock
Length42:46
LabelColumbia
ProducerBobby Colomby, Roy Halee
Blood, Sweat & Tears chronology
Blood, Sweat & Tears
(1968)		 Blood, Sweat & Tears 3
(1970)		 B, S & T; 4
(1971)

Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 is the third album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in June 1970.

History

After the huge success of the previous album, Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 was highly anticipated and it rose quickly to the top of the US album chart. It contained two hit singles: an arrangement of Carole King's "Hi-De-Ho", and "Lucretia MacEvil", written by singer David Clayton-Thomas. As with their previous album, this one relied mostly on songs borrowed from outside writers. However, It received fewer favorable reviews.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC−[2]
The Village VoiceC[3]

Village Voice critic Robert Christgau panned David Clayton-Thomas's singing as "belching", while calling "Symphony for the Devil" a "pretty good rock and roll song revealed as a pseudohistorical middlebrow muddle when suite-ened."[2] Allmusic's William Ruhlman called the album "a convincing, if not quite as impressive, companion to their previous hit. David Clayton-Thomas remained an enthusiastic blues shouter, and the band still managed to put together lively arrangements... although their pretentiousness, on the extended "Symphony/Sympathy for the Devil," and their tendency to borrow other artists' better-known material rather than generating more of their own, were warning signs for the future."[1]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Hi-De-Ho" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 4:27
  2. "The Battle" (Dick Halligan, Steve Katz) – 2:41
  3. "Lucretia MacEvil" (David Clayton-Thomas) – 3:04
  4. "Lucretia's Reprise" (Blood, Sweat & Tears) – 2:35
  5. "Fire and Rain" (James Taylor) – 4:03
  6. "Lonesome Suzie" (Richard Manuel) – 4:36

Side Two

  1. "Symphony for the Devil" (Dick Halligan) / "Sympathy for the Devil" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 7:49
  2. "He's a Runner" (Laura Nyro) – 4:14
  3. "Somethin' Comin' On" (Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton) – 4:33
  4. "40,000 Headmen" (Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi) – 4:44

Personnel

Production

  • Producers: Bobby Colomby, Roy Halee
  • Engineers: Roy Halee, Lou Waxman
  • Arrangers: David Clayton-Thomas, Bobby Colomby, Jim Fielder, Dick Halligan, Fred Lipsius
  • Design: John Berg
  • Photography: Lee Friedlander, Melissa Katz, Fred Lombardi

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1970 Pop Albums 1

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1970 "Hi-De-Ho" Pop Singles 14
1970 "Lucretia MacEvil" Pop Singles 29

References

  1. 1 2 Ruhlman, William. "Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 - Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (1981). Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. p. 51. ISBN 0899190251.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (July 30, 1970). "Consumer Guide (12)". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
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