Release Yourself

Release Yourself is second album by Graham Central Station, released in 1974. The cover photograph was taken at Old Saint Hilary's Church, Tiburon, California.[2]

Release Yourself
Studio album by
Graham Central Station
ReleasedSeptember 1974
Recorded1974
StudioThe Record Plant, Sausalito, California
GenreSoul
Funk
Length37:40
LabelWarner Bros. Records
ProducerLarry Graham
Graham Central Station chronology
Graham Central Station
(1974)		 Release Yourself
(1974)		 Ain't No 'Bout-A-Doubt It
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Larry Graham except where indicated

  1. "G.C.S." 3:24
  2. "Release Yourself" 4:44
  3. "Got To Go Through It To Get To It" 3:42
  4. "I Believe In You" 4:51
  5. "'Tis Your Kind of Music" 5:41
  6. "Hey Mr. Writer" 4:03
  7. "Feel the Need" (Abrim Tilmon) 3:53
  8. "Today" 6:43

Personnel
  • Larry Graham - bass, guitar, ARP synthesizer, tambourine, lead and backing vocals, cover concept
  • Hershall "Happiness" Kennedy - horns, Clavinet, electric piano, tambourine, vocals
  • Willie "Wild" Sparks - drums
  • David "Dynamite" Vega - guitar
  • Robert "Butch" Sam - organ, piano, tambourine, vocals
  • Patryce "Choc'Let" Banks - drum programming [funk box], tambourine, vocals
  • Emilio Castillo, Greg Adams, Lenny Pickett, Mic Gillette, Stephen Kupka - horns
  • Lenny Williams - vocals
Technical
  • Tom Salisbury - cover design, photography

Charts

The album peaked at number twenty-two on the Billboard Top Soul Albums in 1974.

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[3] 51
Billboard Top Soul Albums[3] 22

References
  1. Guarisco, Donald A.. Graham Central Station: Release Yourself > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. "Musical Maps".
  3. "Graham Central Station US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
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