Pressure Sensitive

1975 studio album by Ronnie Laws

Pressure Sensitive

Studio album by

Ronnie Laws

Released| 1975
1991 (re-release)
Recorded| March–April 1975
Studio| Angel City Sound, Los Angeles, California
Genre| Jazz fusion, jazz funk
Length| 34:54
Label| Blue Note
Producer| George Butler, Wayne Henderson
Ronnie Laws chronology
|  | Pressure Sensitive
(1975)  | Fever
(1976)

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Pressure Sensitive is the debut album by American saxophonist Ronnie Laws released in 1975 by Blue Note. It was produced by George Butler and Wayne Henderson of the Crusaders.[1] The album reached No. 25 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.[2]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [5]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "this obviously commercial effort (every song fades out before it hits the five-minute mark) can only be recommended in comparison to Ronnie Laws's later more inferior recordings."[3]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Always There"| William Jeffrey, Ronnie Laws| 4:52
2.| "Momma"| Roland Bautista| 4:20
3.| "Never Be the Same"| Roland Bautista, Mike Cavanaugh, Ronnie Laws| 4:23
4.| "Tell Me Something Good"| Stevie Wonder| 4:50
5.| "Nothing to Lose"| Ronnie Laws| 4:54
6.| "Tidal Wave"| William Jeffrey| 4:08
7.| "Why Do You Laugh at Me?"| Wayne Henderson| 3:55
8.| "Mis' Mary's Place"| Ronnie Laws| 3:32

## Personnel

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* Ronnie Laws - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
* Jerry Peters \- electric piano, synthesizer
* Mike Cavanaugh, Joe Sample \- clavinet, electric piano
* Roland Bautista \- guitar
* John Rowin - guitar (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
* Wilton Felder (track 6), Clint Mosley (tracks 1–5, 7 & 8) - electric bass
* Steve Guttierez (tracks 1–5, 7 & 8), Michael Willars (track 6) - drums
* Joe Clayton \- conga, tambourine, flexatone (track 1)
* Side Effect \- backing vocals (track 2)

## References

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1. ^ Pressure Sensitive. Ronnie Laws. Blue Note Records. 1975.`{{cite AV media}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
2. ^ "Ronnie Laws Chart History". Billboard.[dead link]
3. ^ a b Yanow, S. "Ronnie Laws – Pressure Sensitive: Review". AllMusic.
4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 124\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 871\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Albums|

* Pressure Sensitive (1975)
* Fever (1976)
* Friends & Strangers (1977)
* Flame (1978)
* Every Generation (1980)
* Solid Ground (1981)
* Mr. Nice Guy (1983)
* Classic Masters (1984)
* True Spirit (1989)
* Identity (1990)
* Deep Soul (1992)

Related articles|

* Earth, Wind & Fire
* Hubert Laws (brother)
* Eloise Laws (sister)
* Debra Laws (sister)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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