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Child Is Father to the Man
Album cover
Album by Blood, Sweat & Tears
Released February 1968
Recorded November 11-
December 20, 1967
Genre Rock
Length 49 min 18 sec
Record label Columbia
Producers Bob Irwin,
John Simon
Professional reviews
AMG 4.5/5 link
Blood, Sweat & Tears Chronology
Child Is Father to the Man
(1968)
Blood, Sweat & Tears
(1969)

Child Is Father to the Man is the debut album by a Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in February of 1968 (see 1968 in music).

Widely regarded as a classic fusion of jazz, rock and roll, psychedelia and classical music, Child Is Father to the Man is one of bandleader Al Kooper's most enduring works. The album introduced the idea of the big band to rock and roll and paved the way for such groups as Chicago. Kooper left the band after this album. Subsequent albums showed the effect of his absence.

Child Is Father to the Man peaked at #47 on Billboard's (North America) Pop Albums chart.

The title is a quotation from a poem by William Wordsworth called "The Rainbow".

Track listing

  1. "Overture" (Kooper) - 1:32
  2. "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" (Kooper) - 5:57
  3. "Morning Glory" (Beckett, Buckley) - 4:16
  4. "My Days Are Numbered" (Kooper) - 3:19
  5. "Without Her" (Harry Nilsson) - 2:41
  6. "Just One Smile" (Randy Newman) - 4:38
  7. "I Can't Quit Her" (Kooper, Levine) - 3:38
  8. "Meagan's Gypsy Eyes" (Steve Katz) - 3:24
  9. "Somethin' Goin' On" (Kooper) - 8:00
  10. "House in the Country" (Kooper) - 3:04
  11. "The Modern Adventures of Plato, Diogenes and Freud" (Kooper) - 4:12
  12. "So Much Love/Underture" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 4:47

Personnel

Production

  • Producers: Bob Irwin, John Simon
  • Engineer: Fred Catero
  • Mixing: John Simon
  • Mastering: Vic Anesini
  • Arrangers: Fred Catero, Al Gorgoni, Fred Lipsius, Alan Schulman, John Simon
  • Art direction: Howard Fritzson
  • Photography: Bob Cato, Don Hunstein
  • Packaging: Michael Cimicata

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1968 Pop Albums 47