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There Is a Breeze

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There Is a Breeze
Studio album by
Released1973
Recorded1973
GenreFolk rock
Length41:30
LabelAtco
ProducerPhil Ramone, Peter Yarrow, Chris Dedrick, Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson chronology
There Is a Breeze
(1973)
For All You Mad Musicians
(1975)
Alternative cover
Cover of 1976 Sanskrit re-release
Alternative cover
Cover of 1981 EMI America re-release
Singles from There Is a Breeze
  1. "On the Road"
    Released: 1973
  2. "Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon"
    Released: 1973

There Is a Breeze is the debut album by singer-guitarist Michael Johnson. It was first released in August 1973 on Atco Records, re-released on Sanskrit Records (a record label owned by Johnson and his manager, Keith Christianson) in 1976, and re-released on EMI America in 1981.[1]

The album bubbled under the Billboard Top LPs chart, peaking at No. 213. Its single "On the Road" bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 118.

Track listing

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Side 1:

  1. "Pilot Me" (Greg Brown) – 3:14
  2. "In Your Eyes" (Amy Johnson) – 2:47
  3. "There Is a Breeze" (Mark Henley) – 3:39
  4. "See You Soon" (Paul Johnson) – 2:24
  5. "Old Folks" (Jacques Brel, Gerard Jouannest, Jean Cori, Eric Blau, Mort Shuman) – 5:12
  6. "Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon" (Greg Brown) – 4:41

Side 2:

  1. "My Opening Farewell" (Jackson Browne) – 4:36
  2. "I Got You Covered" (Biff Rose; prologue & epilogue by Michael Johnson) – 3:38
  3. "On the Road" (Carl Franzen) – 3:17
  4. "Study in E Minor" (H. Villa Lobos) – 4:33
  5. "Happier Days" (Michael Johnson) – 2:19
  6. "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein) – 1:16

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1980) Peak
position
Billboard Bubbling Under the Top LPs[2] 213

References

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  1. ^ "Billboard's Top Album Picks". Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 28. Billboard Publications, Inc. July 14, 1973. p. 62. Retrieved May 24, 2024 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Bubbling Under the Top LPs". Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 35. Billboard Publications, Inc. September 21, 1973. p. 49. Retrieved May 24, 2024 – via Google Books.
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