So Fine (Loggins and Messina album)

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So Fine
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1975
RecordedJim Messina's ranch, Ojai, California
GenreRock
Length33:38
LabelColumbia
ProducerJim Messina
Loggins and Messina chronology
Mother Lode
(1974)
So Fine
(1975)
Native Sons
(1976)

So Fine is the fifth studio album (and sixth overall) by singer-songwriter duo Loggins and Messina, released in 1975. It consists of a collection of covers of 1950s and 1960s rock, country and rockabilly songs.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing[edit]

Side one[edit]

  1. "Oh, Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) – 2:49
  2. "My Baby Left Me" (Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup) – 2:51
  3. "Wake Up Little Susie" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:02
  4. "I'm Movin' On" (Hank Snow) – 3:45
  5. "Hello Mary Lou" (Gene Pitney) – 2:17
  6. "Hey Good Lookin'" (Hank Williams) – 2:35

Side two[edit]

  1. "Splish Splash" (Bobby Darin, Murray the K) – 2:20
  2. "A Lover's Question" (Brook Benton, Jimmy Williams) – 3:21
  3. "You Never Can Tell" (Chuck Berry) – 3:14
  4. "I Like It Like That" (Chris Kenner) – 3:06
  5. "So Fine" (Johnny Otis) – 2:37
  6. "Honky Tonk – Part II" (Billy Butler, Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott, Shep Shepherd) – 2:41

Personnel[edit]

Loggins and Messina band[edit]

  • Merel Bregante – drums
  • Jon Clarke – flute, saxophone
  • Vince Denham – saxophone
  • Richard Greene – violin
  • Larry Sims – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Don Roberts – saxophone, flute

Sidemen[edit]

Production[edit]

  • Producer: Jim Messina
  • Engineer: Alex Kazanegras
  • 2nd engineer: Jim Messina
  • Recordist: Corey Bailey
  • Recording technician: Lew Schatzer
  • Road managers: Jim Recor, David Cieslak
  • Personal management: Schiffman & Larson
  • Equipment managers: Carl Moritz, Steve Semonell
  • Photography: Jim McCrary, Reid Miles
  • Design: Ron Coro, Nancy Donald

Charts[edit]

AlbumBillboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1975 Pop Albums 21
1976 Country Albums 49
1976 Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 83

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 180. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.