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Seatrain (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Seatrain

| type = studio

| artist = Seatrain

| cover = 1970_seatrain.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1970

| recorded = 1970

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Roots rock, fusion

| length = 43:49

| label = Capitol (original release)
One Way (1990 CD reissue)

| producer = George Martin

| prev_title = Sea Train

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = The Marblehead Messenger

| next_year = 1971

}}

Seatrain is the second album by the band Seatrain, recorded in 1970 and adding Peter Rowan on guitar and lead vocals. The most successful song on this album is "13 Questions", which reached #49 in the Billboard charts. The album is notable for being the first record produced by George Martin after his work with The Beatles as well as marking an early appearance of the Little Feat classic "Willin'" before its appearance on that band's first album, ''Little Feat.

Reception

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Allmusic{{'}}s brief retrospective review called Seatrain "a great album of East Coast rock and country-soul".

Track listing

  1. "Willin'" (Lowell George) 3:32 (listed as "I'm Willin'")
  2. "Song of Job" (Kulberg, Roberts) 6:04
  3. "Broken Morning" (Kulberg, Roberts) 3:04
  4. "Home to You" (Rowan) 3:22
  5. "Out Where the Hills" (Kulberg, Roberts) 5:48
  6. "Waiting for Elijah" (Rowan) 3:35
  7. "13 Questions" (Kulberg, Roberts) 2:58
  8. "Oh My Love" (Rowan) 2:50
  9. "Sally Goodin'" (Traditional arr. Greene) 2:09
  10. "Creepin' Midnight" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) 5:20
  11. "Orange Blossom Special" (Ervin T. Rouse arr. Greene) 5:07

Charts

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Chart (1971)

!Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=267}}

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Personnel

{{cite web|author=Gary S. Hartman |url=http://www.classicwebs.com/seatrain.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020830011828/http://www.classicwebs.com/seatrain.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 30, 2002 |title=Seatrain |publisher=Classicwebs |date= |accessdate=2012-06-04}}

  • Peter Rowan – guitar, lead vocals
  • Richard Greene – violin, backing vocals, viola, keyboards
  • Lloyd Baskin – keyboards, lead vocals
  • Andy Kulberg – bass guitar, backing vocals, flute
  • Larry Atamanuik – drums, percussion
  • Jim Roberts – lyricist

References

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Category:1970 albums

Category:Albums produced by George Martin

Category:Capitol Records albums

Category:One Way Records albums

Category:Seatrain (band) albums