Harry (album)

Harry
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1969
GenrePop
Length40:57
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerHarry Nilsson, Rick Jarrard
Harry Nilsson chronology
Skidoo (soundtrack)
(1968)
Harry
(1969)
Nilsson Sings Newman
(1970)
Singles from Harry
  1. "Rainmaker" / "I Will Take You There"
    Released: November 1968
  2. "Maybe" / "Marchin' Down Broadway"
    Released: July 1969
  3. "Maybe" / "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City"
    Released: September 1969
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB+[2]
The Essential Rock Discography6/10[3]
MusicHound2.5/5[4]

Harry is the fourth studio album by Harry Nilsson, released August 1969 on RCA. It was his first album to get onto Billboard Magazine's Billboard 200 chart, remaining there for 15 weeks and reaching #120.[5]

Harry features jazz saxophonist Tom Scott, pianist Mike Melvoin, flutist Jim Horn, session drummer Jim Gordon, Larry Knechtel on bass, and David Cohen and Howard Roberts on guitars.[5]

The album does not have a distinctive style but ranges over ballads, show tunes, nostalgic Americana, and tin pan alley-like soft shoe numbers.[1]

William E. Martin, who wrote the songs "Fairfax Rag" and "City Life" that Harry covered on Harry, and who collaborated with Nilsson on the song "Rainmaker," appears in a picture inside the gatefold version of the album wearing a bear suit that was made of an actual bear.[6]

  1. ^ a b Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Harry - Harry Nilsson | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Harry Nilsson". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  3. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Edinburgh, UK: Canongate. p. 758. ISBN 978-1-84195-827-9.
  4. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 815. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  5. ^ a b [1] Archived June 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Smith, Roger: liner notes, BMG re-release CD, 1999