The Band
Studio album by The Band
Released	September 22, 1969
Recorded	Early-to-mid 1969
Genre	Rock
Length	43:50
Label	Capitol
Producer	John Simon
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
The Band chronology
Music from Big Pink (1968) The Band (1969) Stage Fright (1970)

The Band is the eponymous second album by The Band, released on September 22, 1969 (see 1969 in music). A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist The Band was a rock group active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999 Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing John Simon (born August 11, 1941 in Norwalk Connecticut) is an American Musician, Record producer, and Composer allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published The Band was a rock group active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999 Music from Big Pink is the 1968 debut album by rock band The Band. Stage Fright is the third album by Canadian - American group The Band. The Band was a rock group active from 1967 to 1976 and again from 1983 to 1999 Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events Perhaps the two most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts

Contents 1 Album details 2 Track listing 2.1 Bonus tracks from 2000 CD re-release 3 Personnel 4 See also 5 Charts

Album details

The Band peaked at #9 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. The Billboard charts are music sales airplay and digital ranking reports distributed to the general public by Billboard magazine In 2000, it recharted on Billboard's Internet Albums chart, peaking at #10. The singles "Rag Mama Rag" and "Up on Cripple Creek" peaked on the Pop Singles chart at #57 and #25 respectively.

In 1998 Q magazine readers voted The Band the 76th greatest album of all time. Q is a Music Magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 130179 as of June 2007 In 2003, the album was ranked number 45 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published

According to the liner notes to the 2000 reissue of "The Band" by Rob Bowman, the album, "The Band", has been viewed as a concept album, with the songs focusing on people, places and traditions associated with an older version of Americana.

Greil Marcus suggests that "King Harvest" might be The Band's finest song, and the best example of their approach to songwriting and performing. Greil Marcus (born 1945 is an American Author, music Journalist and cultural Critic. The song's structure is unusual: the choruses (sung by Manuel and Helm) are subdued while Manuel's verses are more energetic. With increasing desperation, the narrator (an unnamed, poverty-stricken farmer) details the misfortune which has befallen him: there was no rain and his crops died, his barn burnt down, he ends up on skid row. A union organizer appears, promising to improve things, and the narrator tells his new associates "I'm a union man, now, all the way", but, perhaps ashamed of his station, begs them "just don't judge me by my shoes. "

This is the album where Robbie Robertson emerged as The Band's primary songwriter. While Robertson and Richard Manuel largely shared songwriting duties on Music From Big Pink, Robertson wrote or co-wrote every song on this album, with Manuel receiving co-writing credit on three tracks. Robertson would write the majority of The Band's material after this album.

The Cripple Creek Theatre Company in New Orleans, LA is named after the song "Up on Cripple Creek". A grassroots non-profit theatre company in New Orleans LA, Louisiana, United States. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana

Track listing

1. "Across the Great Divide" (Robertson) – 2:53
2. "Rag Mama Rag" (Robertson) – 3:04
3. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Robertson) – 3:33
4. "When You Awake" (Manuel/Robertson) – 3:13
5. "Up on Cripple Creek" (Robertson) – 4:34
6. "Whispering Pines" (Manuel/Robertson) – 3:58
7. "Jemima Surrender" (Helm/Robertson) – 3:31
8. "Rockin' Chair" (Robertson) – 3:43
9. "Look Out Cleveland" (Robertson) – 3:09
10. "Jawbone" (Manuel/Robertson) – 4:20
11. "The Unfaithful Servant" (Robertson) – 4:17
12. "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" (Robertson) – 3:39

Bonus tracks from 2000 CD re-release

13. "Get Up Jake" (outtake - stereo mix) (Robertson) – 2:17
14. "Rag Mama Rag" (alternate vocal take - rough mix) (Robertson) – 3:05
15. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (alternate mix) (Robertson) – 4:16
16. "Up on Cripple Creek" (alternate take) (Robertson) – 4:51
17. "Whispering Pines" (alternate take) (Manuel/Robertson) – 5:09
18. "Jemima Surrender" (alternate take) (Helm/Robertson) – 3:48
19. "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" (alternate arrangement) (Robertson) – 4:28

Personnel

• Rick Danko – bass, fiddle, trombone, vocals
• Levon Helm – drums, mandolin, rhythm guitar, vocals
• Garth Hudson – organ; clavinet; piano; accordion; melodica; soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones; slide trumpet; bass pedals
• Richard Manuel – piano, drums, baritone saxophone, harmonica, vocals
• Jaime Robbie Robertson – guitars, engineer
• John Simon – producer, tuba, electric piano, baritone horn, tenor saxophone, "high school and peck horns", engineer
• Tony May – engineer
• Joe Zagarino – engineer
• Elliot Landy – photography

See also

Classic Albums

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1970	Pop Albums	9
2000	Top Internet Albums	10

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1970	"Rag Mama Rag"	Pop Singles	57
1970	"Up on Cripple Creek"	Pop Singles	25

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