Looking In

1970 studio album by Savoy Brown From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Looking In is the sixth album by English blues rock band Savoy Brown. The album featured "Lonesome" Dave Peverett on vocals, after Chris Youlden left the band the previous spring. Leader/guitarist Kim Simmonds would be the only band member to continue with the band after this album, as all other band members left to form Foghat the following year.

ReleasedOctober 1970 (US/Canada) / November 1970 (UK)[1]
Recorded1970
StudioRecorded Sound Studios, Bryanston Street, Marble Arch, London
GenreBlues rock
Quick facts Studio album by Savoy Brown, Released ...
Looking In
Studio album by
Savoy Brown
ReleasedOctober 1970 (US/Canada) / November 1970 (UK)[1]
Recorded1970
StudioRecorded Sound Studios, Bryanston Street, Marble Arch, London
GenreBlues rock
Length39:06
LabelDecca Records (UK) / Parrot Records (US/Canada) (original LP)
Deram (CD release)
ProducerKim Simmonds
Savoy Brown chronology
Raw Sienna
(1970)		 Looking In
(1970)		 Street Corner Talking
(1971)
Singles from Looking In
  1. "Poor Girl"
    Released: 6 November 1970 (UK)
    December 1970(US)
  2. "Sitting An' Thinking"
    Released: March 1971 (US only)
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It was released by Decca in 1970 (SKL 5066). For release in the United States and Canada, tapes were leased to Parrot Records (PAS 71042).[citation needed]

The album spent a week on the United Kingdom Official Charts and reached number 50.[3] It did considerably better in the U.S. where it spent 19 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 39, their second-highest charting U.S. album.[4]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Gypsy" (Kim Simmonds) – 0:57
  2. "Poor Girl" (Tony Stevens) – 4:04
  3. "Money Can't Save Your Soul" (Dave Peverett, Simmonds) – 5:34
  4. "Sunday Night" (Simmonds) – 5:23
  5. "Looking In" (Peverett, Simmonds) – 5:17

Side two

  1. "Take It Easy" (Peverett, Simmonds) – 5:47 (not 3:40 as printed on album)
  2. "Sitting an' Thinking" (Simmonds) – 2:40
  3. "Leavin' Again" (Peverett, Simmonds) – 8:29
  4. "Romanoff" (Simmonds) – 1:01

Personnel

Savoy Brown

Additional musicians

  • Owen Finnegan – congas on some tracks

Technical

  • Kim Simmonds – producer
  • Savoy Brown – arrangements
  • Paul Tregurtha – engineer
  • Eric Holand – engineer
  • Harry Fisher – mastering
  • Anthony Hawkins – 1990 CD remastering
  • David Anstey, Jim Baikie – artwork

Charts

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Chart (1970) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5] 25
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[6]58
UK Albums (OCC)[7]50
US Billboard 200[8]39
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