The Family That Plays Together
by Spirit
- Type: Album
- Released: December 1968
- Label: Ode
- Country: United States
- Length: 37:37
- Community rating: 3.88/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: John Locke, Jay Ferguson, Randy California, Ed Cassidy
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Quickly following up their acclaimed debut, Spirit tightened their songwriting and scored a massive hit with the propulsive 'I Got a Line on You'. 'The Family That Plays Together' is fiercely melodic and highly progressive, seamlessly fusing incredibly rhythmic jazz-rock elements into an ambitious, impeccably crafted psychedelic rock foundation.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, melodic, progressive, leftfield, experimental
Tracklist
- I Got A Line On You (2:39)
- It Shall Be (3:24)
- Poor Richard (2:31)
- Silky Sam (4:57)
- The Drunkard (2:27)
- Darlin If (2:27)
- All The Same (4:41)
- Jewish (3:23)
- Dream Within A Dream (3:13)
- She Smiled (2:30)
- Aren't You Glad (5:25)
Credits
- Spirit - primary artist
- Marty Paich - arranged by [strings and horns arranged by]
- Tom Wilkes - art direction [art director]
- Armin Steiner - engineer [engineering]
- Eric Wienbang - engineer [engineering]
- Ed Cassidy - performer, written-by
- Jay Ferguson - performer, written-by
- John Locke - performer, written-by
- Mark Andes - performer
- Randy California - performer, written-by
- Guy Webster - photography by
- Lou Adler - producer [produced by]
- Marshall Blonstein - speech [additional dialogue]