Sound Magazine

The Partridge Family Sound Magazine is the third album by The Partridge Family. It was released on the Bell Records label in August 1971 and, like all of the Partridge Family recordings, was produced by Wes Farrell for Coral Rock Productions. The LP was certified gold in September of that year and is near-universally regarded – by both fans and critics – as the Partridge Family's consummate pop album.

Sound Magazine
Studio album by
The Partridge Family
ReleasedAugust 1971
Recorded1971
GenreRock, pop
Length32:58
LabelBell
ProducerWes Farrell
The Partridge Family chronology
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(1971)		 Sound Magazine
(1971)		 A Partridge Family Christmas Card
(1971)
Singles from Sound Magazine
  1. "I Woke Up in Love This Morning"
    Released: August 1971
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

This was the first Partridge Family album featuring Brian Forster (replacing Jeremy Gelbwaks as Chris Partridge) on the album cover.

The album reached #9 on the Billboard album chart,[2] and produced the #14 hit "I Woke Up In Love This Morning".[3] Background musicians were: Hal Blaine on drums, Mike Melvoin and Larry Knechtel on piano, and Dennis Budimir and Louie Shelton on guitar. Background voices were provided by John Bahler, Tom Bahler, Jackie Ward, and Ron Hicklin. The vocal background was arranged by John Bahler.

As with most Partridge Family releases, many well-known songwriters contributed songs to the album, including Paul Anka, Rupert Holmes, Tony Romeo and Bobby Hart. The latter had also contributed songs to The Monkees, a similar project which also combined a prime time television series about a part-fictional/part-real musical group with a series of music albums.

In addition, lead vocalist David Cassidy co-wrote "Love Is All That I Ever Needed" with producer Wes Farrell. This was his second composition to appear on a Partridge Family album. In the mythos of Partridge Family lore, they also recorded a watered-down version of the sexy song "I'll Be Your Magician" penned by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown, which was ultimately discarded and never released (although Danny Bonaduce, who played Danny on the series, recorded it for his solo album in 1973).[4] One other song recorded during the sessions for Sound Magazine was "Warm My Soul", which was also a leftover track, discarded because its acid-tinged gospel sound did not fit in with the album's easy listening style. A later re-worked version of the song appeared on Cassidy's second solo album Rock Me Baby. Cassidy also recorded a re-worked version of Summer Days on his third solo album Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes.

Track listing

All tracks from the album were featured on the TV show, mainly from Season 2

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One Night Stand"
3:06
2."Brown Eyes"
  • Wes Farrell
  • Danny Janssen
2:48
3."Echo Valley 2-6809"
3:08
4."You Don't Have to Tell Me"Tony Romeo2:57
5."Rainmaker"
2:31
6."I'm on My Way Back Home"
3:36
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Summer Days"Tony Romeo3:15
2."I Would Have Loved You Anyway"Tony Romeo2:37
3."Twenty-Four Hours a Day"
  • Wes Farrell
  • Danny Janssen
3:19
4."I Woke Up In Love This Morning"
2:44
5."Love Is All That I Ever Needed"
2:57
Total length:32:58

Personnel

Recording dates

May 4, 1971

  • "Brown Eyes"
  • "Echo Valley 2-6809"
  • "Rainmaker"
  • "I'm on My Way Back Home"
  • "I Would Have Loved You Anyway"

May 5, 1971

  • "One Night Stand"
  • "You Don't Have to Tell Me"
  • "Twenty-Four Hours a Day"
  • "I Woke Up In Love This Morning"

May 11, 1971

  • "Love Is All That I Ever Needed"

May 13, 1971

  • "Summer Days" (see June, 7 1971)

June 7, 1971

  • "Summer Days" (Re-Record, see May 13, 1971)

See recording dates for this and other Partridge Family albums at The Partridge Family Recording Sessions[5]

Charts

Album
Chart (1971–72) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 14
US Billboard 200[2] 9

Singles
Title Chart Peak
position
I Woke Up In Love This Morning US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[3] 14

References
  1. Planer, Lindsay. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. "The Partridge Family Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  3. "The Partridge Family Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. https://www.discogs.com/Danny-Bonaduce-Danny-Bonaduce/release/1687317
  5. "The Partridge Family Recording Sessions". cmongethappy. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  6. "Partridge Family | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
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