“You Never Know Who Your Friends Are” by Al Kooper - album review
| features in: Album Chart of 1969 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s |
Doesn't impact on me as much as “I Stand Alone” did. There's no doubting his talents as songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, but he and his big band of cerebral pop perfectionists just leave me feeling indifferent. When “Too Busy Thinkin’ ‘Bout My Baby” kicks in I'm thinking that he could single-handedly do one of those Top of the Pops albums, and that's not a good impression.
The Jukebox Rebel
24–Dec–2008
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [03:55]  Al Kooper - Magic In My Socks (Al Kooper) Cerebral Pop |
| A2 | [03:24]  Al Kooper - Lucille (Al Kooper) Cerebral Pop |
| A3 | [03:20]  Al Kooper - Too Busy Thinkin’ ‘Bout My Baby (Norman Whitfield, Janie Bradford) Cerebral Pop |
| A4 | [02:48]  Al Kooper - First Time Around (Al Kooper) Soul Ballad |
| A5 | [03:48]  Al Kooper - Loretta (Union Turnpike Eulogy) (Al Kooper) Cerebral Pop |
| A6 | [05:04]  Al Kooper - Blues, Part IV (Al Kooper) Soul Ballad |
| B1 | [02:53]  Al Kooper - You Never Know Who Your Friends Are (Al Kooper) Cerebral Pop |
| B2 | [03:19]  Al Kooper - The Great American Marriage, Nothing (Al Kooper) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B3 | [03:22]  Al Kooper - I Don’t Know Why I Love You (Lula Mae Hardaway, Don Hunter, Paul Riser, Stevland Judkins) Soul |
| B4 | [02:16]  Al Kooper - Mourning Glory Story (Harry Nilsson) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B5 | [03:18]  Al Kooper - Anna Lee (What Can I Do For You) (Al Kooper) Soul Ballad |
| B6 | [04:37]  Al Kooper - I’m Never Gonna Let You Down (Al Kooper) Pop Ballad |
