Just a Singer
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{{Infobox album
| name = Just a Singer
| type = studio
| artist = Lobo
| cover = LoboJustASinger.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = June 1974
| recorded = 1974
| venue =
| studio = {{ubl|Mastersound Studios|Producers Workshop}}
| genre = Folk rock, soft rock
| length =
| label = Big Tree Records
| producer = Phil Gernhard
| prev_title = Calumet
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = A Cowboy Afraid of Horses
| next_year = 1975
| misc =
{{Singles
| name = Just a Singer
| type = studio
| single1 = Rings
| single1date = 1974
}}
}}
Just a Singer is the fourth album by Lobo, released in 1974 on Big Tree Records. The album, along with A Cowboy Afraid of Horses, was reissued in 1997 by Rhino Records as a single issue. It contains covers of various hit songs.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQkEAAAAMBAJ|title=Top Album Picks|magazine=Billboard |volume=86 |issue=22 |pages=48|date=June 1, 1974|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|accessdate=April 15, 2020|via=Google Books}}
The album peaked at No. 183 on the US Top LPs chart. Its only single "Rings" narrowly missed the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 43, but it was a top 10 hit on the Easy Listening chart, peaking at No. 8.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| title1 = Rings
| length1 = 3:24
| title2 = The Shelter of Your Eyes
| writer2 = Williams
| length2 = 2:32
| title3 = I'm Only Sleeping
| writer3 = Lennon, McCartney
| length3 = 2:15
| title4 = Daydream Believer
| writer4 = Stewart
| length4 = 3:31
| title5 = Reason to Believe
| writer5 = Hardin
| length5 = 3:27
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| title6 = Armstrong
| writer6 = Stewart
| length6 = 2:37
| title7 = Universal Soldier
| writer7 = Sainte-Marie
| length7 = 3:15
| title8 = Let's Get Together
| writer8 = Powers
| length8 = 4:43
| title9 = Lodi
| writer9 = Fogerty
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = All For The Love Of A Girl
| writer10 = Horton
| length10 = 2:29
}}
Personnel
- Lobo - guitar, lead vocals
- Emory Gordy Jr. - bass
- Dennis St. John - drums
- Richard Bennett - guitar
- Alan Lindgren - keyboards
;Production
Charts
;Album
| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1974) !Peak |
| Billboard Top LPs{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lobo/chart-history/tlp/|title=Just a Singer|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}
|align="center"|183 |
Singles
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Single !Chart !Position |
| rowspan="2"|1974
|rowspan="2"|"Rings" |U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lobo/chart-history/hsi/|title=Rings (Hot 100)|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 15, 2020}} |align="center"|43 |
| U.S. Billboard Easy Listening{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lobo/chart-history/asi/|title=Rings (Adult Contemporary)|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}
|align="center"|8 |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs release|3038385|Just a Singer|type=album}}
- {{Discogs release|10655938|Just a Singer (Rhino Reissue)|type=album}}
- {{AllMusic|id=mw0000875596|title=Just a Singer}}
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