Taught by Experts
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{{Infobox album
| name = Taught by Experts
| type = Studio
| artist = Peter Allen
| cover = Taughtbyexperts.jpg
| alt =
| released = 10 December 1976
| recorded = 1976
| studio = The Record Plant and Village Recorders, Los Angeles{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Peter-Allen-Taught-By-Experts/release/5199680|title=Peter Allen – Taught by Experts (1976, Vinyl)|website=Discogs|year=1976 }}
| venue =
| length =
| label = A&M
| producer = Brooks Arthur
| prev_title = Continental American
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = It Is Time for Peter Allen
| next_year = 1977
}}
Taught by Experts is the fourth studio album by Peter Allen, released in 1976.{{cite web|title=Taught by Experts - Peter Allen {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/taught-by-experts-mw0000843557|website=AllMusic|accessdate=23 December 2016}} It spawned the hit "I Go to Rio". The album featured such musicians as Thom Rotella, Jerome Richardson, Lesley Gore and Dusty Springfield.
Track listing
- "Puttin' Out Roots" (Peter Allen) – 3:32
- "She Loves to Hear the Music" (Allen, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:16
- "Back Doors Crying" (Allen, Sager) – 4:46
- "I Go to Rio" (Allen, Adrienne Anderson) – 3:17
- "Planes" (Allen, Sager) – 3:05
- "Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage" (Allen, Sager) – 5:08
- "This Time Around" (Allen) – 3:15
- "The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:30
- "Harbour" (Allen) – 3:36
- "(I've Been) Taught by Experts" (Allen, Hal Hackady) – 3:12
- "Six-Thirty Sunday Morning/New York, I Don't Know About You" (Allen) – 5:01
Personnel
- Peter Allen - vocals, piano, electric piano
- Thom Rotella - acoustic guitar
- John Jarvis - organ
- Alan Estes - percussion
- Judy Elliot - backing vocals
- Chuck Domanico - bass, acoustic bass
- Jim Gordon - drums
- Jim Keltner - drums
- Marilyn Baker - violin
- Jerome Richardson - saxophone
- Herb Alpert - trumpet solo on "The More I See You"
- Lesley Gore - backing vocals
- Dusty Springfield - backing vocals
- Brenda Russell - backing vocals
Charts
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!Chart (1976–1977) !Peak |
| Australian (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=15}}
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|title=Taught by Experts|artist=Peter Allen|type=album|relyear=1976|certyear=1977|region=Australia|award=Gold|certref={{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1977/CB-1977-11-19.pdf|title=Allen Gets Gold Down Under |magazine=Cash Box|via=World Radio History|page=68|date=19 November 1977|access-date=25 November 2021}}}}
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References
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{{Peter Allen}}
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Category:Peter Allen (musician) albums
Category:Albums produced by Brooks Arthur
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