The Band (album)

The band
The Band's studio album
Publication (s)	22nd September 1969
Label (s)	Capitol
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	Country rock , folk rock
Title (number)	12
running time	43 min 50 s
occupation	Vocals / E-Bass / Trombone / Fiddle : Rick Danko Singing / drums / rhythm guitar / mandolin : Levon Helm Organ / clavinet / piano / accordion / melodica / soprano saxophone / tenor saxophone / baritone saxophone / trumpet / keyboard - bass: Garth Hudson Voice / piano / percussion / baritone saxophone / harmonica : Richard Manuel Guitar : Robbie Robertson Tuba / electric piano / baritone horn / tenor saxophone: John Simon
production	John Simon
chronology Music from Big Pink (1968) The band Stage Fright (1970)

The Band , also known as The Brown Album , is the second studio album by the Canadian country rock group The Band . It was released on September 22, 1969 on the Capitol Records label . It reached number 9 on the Billboard 200 , the American album charts , and number 25 in Great Britain . The band received almost exclusively positive reviews and is now an absolute rock music classic . It was also included on Rolling Stone's 2003 list of the 500 best albums of all time , where it was number 45.

The Band was the group's first album on which Robbie Robertson came to the fore as a songwriter . From a stylistic point of view, however, it did not represent a significant development from its predecessor, Music from Big Pink . The band continued to orientate themselves towards the roots-oriented country and folk rock that had already shaped their debut album .

Two singles were released from The Band . Up on Cripple Creek was released on September 29th with the B-side The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down . The single managed in 1970 in the Billboard Hot 100 a seat 25. Rag Mama Rag was published in February 1970. The song made it to the states, although only ranked 57, made in the UK Top 40 , but surprisingly a place 16th

Track list

A side

1. Across the Great Divide ( Robbie Robertson ) - 2:53
2. Rag Mama Rag (R. Robertson) - 3:04
3. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (R. Robertson) - 3:33
4. When You Awake ( Richard Manuel / R. Robertson) - 3:13
5. Up on Cripple Creek (R. Robertson) - 4:34
6. Whispering Pines (R. Manuel / R. Robertson) - 3:58

B side

7. Jemima Surrender ( Levon Helm / R. Robertson) - 3:31
8. Rockin 'Chair (R. Robertson) - 3:43
9. Look Out Cleveland (R. Robertson) - 3:09
10. Jawbone (R. Manuel / R. Robertson) - 4:20
11. The Unfaithful Servant (R. Robertson) - 4:17
12. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (R. Robertson) - 3:39

Republication

On August 29, 2000, Capitol released the album on CD with the following bonus tracks :

13. Get Up Jake (R. Robertson) - 2:17 (Outtake Stereo Mix)
14. Rag Mama Rag (R. Robertson) - 3:05 (Alternate Vocal Take - Rough Mix)
15. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (R. Robertson) - 4:16 (Alternate Mix)
16. Up on Cripple Creek (R. Robertson) - 4:51 (Alternate Take)
17. Whispering Pines (R. Manuel / R. Robertson) - 5:09 (Alternate Take)
18. Jemima Surrender (L. Helm / R. Robertson) - 3:48 (Alternate Take)
19. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (R. Robertson) - 4:28 (Alternate Arrangement)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Levy, Joe (Ed.): Rolling Stone. The 500 best albums of all time . (Original edition: Rolling Stone. The 500 Greatest Albums of all Time . Wenner Media 2005). Translation: Karin Hofmann. Wiesbaden: White Star Verlag, 2011, p. 64

Web links

• The Band at Allmusic (English)