Toussaint (album)

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1971 studio album by Allen Toussaint

Toussaint

Studio album by

Allen Toussaint

Released| 1971
Recorded| Summer 1970
Genre| Funk, jazz
Length| 34 min
Label| Sceptor, DJM
Producer| Allen Toussaint, Charles Greene
Allen Toussaint chronology
| The Wild Sound of New Orleans
(1958)  | Toussaint
(1971)  | Life, Love and Faith
(1972)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Christgau's Record Guide| B[2]

Toussaint (also known as From a Whisper to a Scream in some editions) is a 1971 funk, jazz and soul album by Allen Toussaint, his second solo album.[3]

## Track listing

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All songs written and arranged by Allen Toussaint unless otherwise indicated.

1. "From a Whisper To a Scream" – 3:27
2. "Chokin' Kind" (Harlan Howard) – 3:23
3. "Number Nine" – 3:37
4. "Either" – 2:52
5. "Sweet Touch of Love" – 3:20
6. "Working in a Coal Mine" – 3:13
7. "Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky" – 3:12
8. "Louie" – 3:04
9. "What is Success" – 3:34
10. "Pickles" – 4:27
11. "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Carel Rowe, Vince Guaraldi)

## Personnel

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* Allen Toussaint – piano and vocal
* Mac Rebennack – organ and guitar
* Terry Kellman – guitar
* Eddie Hohner – bass
* Freddie Staehle – drums
* John Boudreaux – drums
* Ed Greene – drums
* Clyde Kerr - trumpet
* Earl Turbinton - alto saxophone
* Frederic Kemp - tenor saxophone
* Merry Clayton \- backing vocals
* Venetta Fields \- backing vocals
* Dick Smith - artwork

## References

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1. ^ AllMusic review
2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 16, 2019 - via robertchristgau.com.
3. ^ Selvin, Joel (March 26, 1978). "Out of New Orleans". San Francisco Examiner. p. 43.

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Allen Toussaint

Studio albums|

* Toussaint (1971)
* Life, Love and Faith (1972)
* Southern Nights (1975)
* Connected (1996)
* The River in Reverse [with Elvis Costello (2006)
* The Bright Mississippi (2009)
* American Tunes (2016)

Video releases|

* Putting the River in Reverse (2006)

Songs|

* "A Certain Girl"
* "Fortune Teller"
* "Get Out of My Life, Woman"
* "Here Come the Girls"
* "Holy Cow"
* "I Like It Like That"
* "Java"
* "Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette)"
* "Mother-in-Law"
* "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)"
* "Release (The Tension)"
* "Southern Nights"
* "Working in the Coal Mine"
* "Yes We Can Can"

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