No Sweat (Blood, Sweat & Tears album)

No Sweat

Studio album by Blood, Sweat & Tears

Released

Aug 1973

Rock, jazz

Blood, Sweat & Tears chronology

New Blood
(1972)

No Sweat
(1973)

Mirror Image
(1974)

No Sweat is an album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1973.

By mid-1973, Steve Katz, one of the founding members of BS&T had left the band as the members leaned further towards jazz fusion. No Sweat continued in the jazz-fusion vein and featured intricate horn work.

No Sweat was re-released on CD in 2005 on the Wounded Bird label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Ross Boissoneau wrote the album "may be the jazziest BS&T ever."^[1]

Track listing

"Roller Coaster" (Mark James) – 3:23
"Save Our Ship" (George Wadenius, Cynthia Weil) – 3:43
"Django (An Excerpt)" (John Lewis) – 2:08
"Rosemary" (Randy Newman) – 3:13
"Song for John" (Lou Marini) – 2:53
"Almost Sorry" (Jeff Kent, Doug Lubahn) – 6:26
"Back Up Against the Wall" (Buddy Buie, James Cobb) – 3:21
"Hip Pickles" (Marini) – 1:31
"My Old Lady" (Wadenius, Weil) – 3:15
"Empty Pages" (Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood) – 3:15
"Mary Miles" (Michael Rabon) – 2:26
"Inner Crisis" (Larry Willis) – 5:40

Personnel

Jerry Fisher – vocals
Dave Bargeron - trombone, tuba, bass trombone, baritone horn, background vocals
Bobby Colomby - drums, percussion, background vocals
Jim Fielder - bass, background vocals
Lou Marini - woodwinds
Lew Soloff - trumpet
Tom Malone – trumpet, ARP, 12-String fiddle
George Wadenius – guitar, background vocals
Larry Willis – keyboards

Additional musicians

Paul Buckmaster – synthesizer, ARP, horn arrangements, string arrangements, string conductor
David Hentschel – synthesizer, ARP
Steve Katz – guitar
Chuck Winfield - trumpet, flugelhorn, French horn
Jimmy Maelen – percussion
Frank Ricotti – percussion
Joshie Armstead – background vocals
Valerie Simpson – background vocals
Maretha Stewart – background vocals

Charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Billboard Top LPs	72

References

1 2 Boissoneau, Ross. "No Sweat > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2011.

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Dave Gellis Glenn McClelland Jon Ossman Carl Fischer Barry Danielian Charley Gordon Ken Gioffre Joel Rosenblatt Bo Bice Al Kooper Randy Brecker Jerry Weiss Fred Lipsius Dick Halligan Steve Katz Jim Fielder Bobby Colomby David Clayton-Thomas Lew Soloff Dave Bargeron Bobby Doyle Joe Henderson Lou Marini Jr. Larry Willis Georg Wadenius Jerry Fisher Tom Malone Ron McClure Luther Kent Jaco Pastorius Steve Khan Mike Stern Don Alias Roy McCurdy Barry Finnerty Neil Stubenhaus Gregory Herbert Steve Conte Dave Panichi Glenn McClelland Jerry Sokolov Franck Amsallem Ted Kooshian Dave Pietro Rob Paparozzi Jason Paige Bernard Purdie

Studio albums	Child Is Father to the Man Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 New Blood No Sweat Mirror Image New City More Than Ever Brand New Day Nuclear Blues

Live albums	In Concert Live and Improvised Live

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Found Treasures The Collection Super Hits Rare, Rarer & Rarest

Soundtracks	The Owl and the Pussy Cat

Singles	"You've Made Me So Very Happy" "Spinning Wheel" "And When I Die"

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