Taught by Experts
1976 studio album by Peter Allen
Taught by Experts | ||||
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Studio album by Peter Allen | ||||
Released | 10 December 1976 | |||
Recorded | 1976 | |||
Studio | The Record Plant and Village Recorders, Los Angeles[1] | |||
Genre | Funk, disco, pop | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | Brooks Arthur | |||
Peter Allen chronology | ||||
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Taught by Experts is the fourth studio album by Peter Allen, released in 1976.[2] 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
Chart (1976/77) | Peak position |
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Australian (Kent Music Report)[3] | 11 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[4] | Gold | 20,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "Peter Allen – Taught by Experts (1976, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1976.
- ^ "Taught by Experts - Peter Allen | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 15. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Allen Gets Gold Down Under" (PDF). Cash Box. 19 November 1977. p. 68. Retrieved 25 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
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Peter Allen
- Peter Allen (1971)
- Tenterfield Saddler (1972)
- Continental American (1974)
- Taught by Experts (1976)
- I Could Have Been a Sailor (1979)
- Bi-Coastal (1980)
- Not the Boy Next Door (1983)
- Making Every Moment Count (1990)
- It Is Time for Peter Allen (1977)
- The Very Best of Peter Allen (1982)
- Captured Live at Carnegie Hall (1985)
- The Very Best of Peter Allen: The Boy from Down Under (1992)
- The Ultimate Peter Allen (2006)
- "Tenterfield Saddler" (1972)
- "I Honestly Love You" (1975)
- "The More I See You" (1976)
- "I Go to Rio" (1976)
- "Don't Cry Out Loud" (1978)
- "I Still Call Australia Home" (1980)
- Soon (1971)
- Legs Diamond (1988)
- The Boy from Oz (1998)
- Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door (2015)
- The Allen Brothers
- Liza Minnelli
- Bernadette Peters
- "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" (1979)
- "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (1980)
- "I Don't Go Shopping" (1981)
- ARIA Hall of Fame
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