7-Tease | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 1974 | |||
Recorded | September – October 1974 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 41:48 | |||
Label | Epic[1] | |||
Producer | Norbert Putnam Donovan Leitch Mark Radice | |||
Donovan chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
7-Tease is an album by the Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan.[4][5] It was released in the US (Epic PE 33245) in November 1974 and in the UK (Epic SEPC 69104) in January 1975.
The album peaked at No. 135 on the Billboard 200.[6]
After the low chart success of Essence to Essence, Donovan entered the studio in late 1974 with a different producer and a new set of songs. The songs were originally intended for use as part of an operetta about the preceding 10 years of Donovan's life and times.[7]
Some of the songs on 7-Tease feature lyrical lines or melodies from earlier Donovan songs. "The Voice of Protest" features a line about a ship going "all on her starry way", in a direct lift from a line in "The Voyage of the Moon" on H.M.S. Donovan. The melody on "How Silly" is nearly identical to "A Funny Man" from H.M.S. Donovan.[citation needed]
AllMusic wrote that "a fair hearing of 7-Tease reveals an album steeped in disillusionment, yet built upon beautiful melodies and some of the most diverse and appealing sounds and arrangements of [Donovan's] career, and a harder rocking sound than he was usually known for."[2]
All tracks by Donovan Leitch.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Rock and Roll Souljer" | 3:44 |
2. | "Your Broken Heart" | 3:38 |
3. | "Salvation Stomp" | 3:13 |
4. | "The Ordinary Family" | 4:14 |
5. | "Ride-a-Mile" | 4:48 |
6. | "Sadness" | 2:38 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Moon Rok" | 2:58 |
2. | "Love of My Life" | 4:22 |
3. | "The Voice of Protest" | 3:20 |
4. | "How Silly" | 2:38 |
5. | "The Great Song of the Sky" | 2:45 |
6. | "The Quest" | 3:30 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Rock and Roll Souljer" | 3:44 |
2. | "Your Broken Heart" | 3:38 |
3. | "Salvation Stomp" | 3:13 |
4. | "The Ordinary Family" | 4:14 |
5. | "Ride-a-Mile" | 4:48 |
6. | "Sadness" | 2:38 |
7. | "Moon Rok" | 2:58 |
8. | "Love of My Life" | 4:22 |
9. | "The Voice of Protest" | 3:20 |
10. | "How Silly" | 2:38 |
11. | "The Great Song of the Sky" | 2:45 |
12. | "The Quest" | 3:30 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Rock and Roll Souljer" (single version) | 2:48 |
14. | "Salvation Stomp" (single version, mono recording) | 2:47 |
15. | "Age of Treason" | 4:21 |
16. | "What the Soul Desires" | 2:33 |