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Hallelujah (album)

Hallelujah is the fourth album by American blues rock band Canned Heat, released in 1969. It was re-released on CD in 2001 by MAM productions with four bonus tracks. It was the last album to feature classic lineup mark 1, as Vestine left the band prior to Future Blues.

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated August 9, 1969, peaking at No. 37 during a fifteen-week run on the chart.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Same All Over" <small>(Canned Heat)</small> – 2:51
  2. * Bob Hite – lead vocals
  3. * Alan Wilson – guitar
  4. * Henry Vestine – guitar
  5. * Larry Taylor – bass
  6. * Fito De la Parra – drums
  7. * Elliot Ingber – backing vocals
  8. * Javier Batise – backing vocals
  9. * Skip Diamond – backing vocals
  10. *Ernest Lane – organ, piano
  11. "Change My Ways" <small>(Alan Wilson)</small> – 2:47
  12. * Alan Wilson – lead vocals, whistling, guitar
  13. * Henry Vestine – guitar
  14. * Larry Taylor – bass
  15. * Fito De la Parra – drums
  16. "Canned Heat" <small>(Robert Hite Jr. – actually by Tommy Johnson)</small> – 4:22
  17. * Bob Hite – lead vocals
  18. * Alan Wilson – guitar
  19. * Henry Vestine – guitar
  20. * Larry Taylor – bass
  21. * Fito De la Parra – drums
  22. "Sic 'em Pigs" <small>(Robert Hite Jr.; Booker T. White)</small> – 2:41
  23. * Bob Hite – lead vocals
  24. * Alan Wilson – guitar
  25. * Henry Vestine – guitar
  26. * Larry Taylor – bass, backing vocals
  27. * Fito De la Parra – drums
  28. "I'm Her Man" <small>(A. Leigh – actually by Bob Hite)</small> – 2:55
  29. * Bob Hite – lead vocals
  30. * Alan Wilson – guitar, harmonica
  31. * Henry Vestine – guitar
  32. * Larry Taylor – bass
  33. * Fito De la Parra – drums
  34. * Mark Naftalin – organ, piano
  35. "Time Was" <small>(Alan Wilson)</small> – 3:21
  36. * Alan Wilson – guitar, lead vocals
  37. * Henry Vestine – guitar
  38. * Larry Taylor – bass
  39. * Fito De la Parra – drums

Side Two

  1. "Do Not Enter" <small>(Alan Wilson)</small> – 2:50
  2. * Alan Wilson – guitar, lead vocals, harmonica
  3. * Larry Taylor – bass
  4. * Fito De la Parra – drums
  5. "Big Fat (The Fat Man)" <small>(Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino; adapted by Robert Hite Jr.)</small> – 1:57
  6. * Bob Hite – lead vocals, harmonica
  7. * Alan Wilson – guitar
  8. * Henry Vestine – guitar
  9. * Larry Taylor – bass
  10. * Fito De la Parra – drums
  11. "Huautla" <small>(V. Wolf – actually by Fito de la Parra)</small> – 3:33
  12. * Alan Wilson – harmonica
  13. * Henry Vestine – guitar
  14. * Larry Taylor – bass
  15. * Fito De la Parra – drums
  16. * Mike Pacheco – bongos, congas
  17. "Get Off My Back" <small>(Alan Wilson)</small> – 5:10
  18. * Alan Wilson – guitar, lead vocals
  19. * Henry Vestine – guitar
  20. * Larry Taylor – bass
  21. * Fito De la Parra – drums
  22. "Down in the Gutter, But Free" <small>(Canned Heat)</small> – 5:37
  23. * Bob Hite – lead vocals
  24. * Alan Wilson – harmonica
  25. * Henry Vestine – bass
  26. * Larry Taylor – guitar
  27. * Fito De la Parra – drums
  28. * Skip Diamond – backing vocals
  29. * Elliot Ingber – backing vocals
  30. * Mark Naftalin – organ, piano

Bonus tracks from 2001 CD release

  1. "Time Was" – Single Version <small>(Wilson)</small> – 2:34
  2. "Low Down" <small>(Canned Heat)</small> – 2:30
  3. "Poor Moon" <small>(Wilson)</small> – 2:43
  4. "Sic 'em Pigs" – Single Version <small>(Hite, White)</small> – 1:54

Personnel

Canned Heat
  • Bob Hite – vocals, harmonica <small>(on track 8)</small>
  • Alan Wilson – slide guitar, vocals, harmonica, whistling <small>(on track 2)</small>
  • Henry Vestine – lead guitar, public service announcement <small>(on track 4)</small>, bass <small>(on track 11)</small>
  • Larry Taylor – bass, guitar <small>(on track 11)</small>
  • Fito de la Parra – drums
Additional personnel
  • Ernest Lane – piano <small>(on track 1)</small>
  • Mark Naftalin – organ, piano <small>(on tracks 5, 11)</small>
  • Javier Batiz – group vocals <small>(on track 1)</small>
  • Skip Diamond – group vocals <small>(on tracks 1, 11)</small>
  • Elliot Ingber – group vocals <small>(on tracks 1, 11)</small>
  • Mike Pacheco – bongos and congas <small>(on track 9)</small>
Production
  • Produced by Skip Taylor and Canned Heat
  • Engineered by Richard Joseph Moore
  • Recorded at I. D. Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California<br />January, February, March, April, and May 1969

Charts

References

  • Fito De La Parra, Living The Blues. Canned Heat's story of Music, Drugs, Death, Sex and Survival (2000)