Cantamos

1974 studio album by Poco

Cantamos

Studio album by

Poco

Released

November 1, 1974

Recorded

August–September 1974

Genre

Country rock

Length

36:39

Label

Epic

Producer

Poco

Poco chronology

Seven
(1974)

Cantamos
(1974)

Head Over Heels
(1975)

Cantamos is the seventh studio album by the country rock band Poco. It was released in 1974 on Epic Records. This album saw the band moving back towards their traditional country rock sound after experimenting with a harder style on the previous album.

Release history

In addition to the conventional 2 channel stereo version the album was also released in a 4 channel quadraphonic edition on LP on 8-track tape in 1974. The quad LP release was encoded with the SQ matrix system.

The album was reissued in the UK on the Super Audio CD format in 2018 by Dutton Vocalion. This edition is a 2 albums on 1 disc compilation which also contains the 1974 Poco album Seven. The Dutton Vocalion release contains the complete stereo and quad mixes of both albums.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

In his Allmusic review, music critic James Chrispell wrote of the album "Much of the magic of their earlier albums has been recaptured."^[1]

Track listing

"Sagebrush Serenade" (Rusty Young) – 4:58
"Susannah" (Paul Cotton) – 4:13
"High and Dry" (Young) – 4:49
"Western Waterloo'" (Cotton) – 4:00
"One Horse Blue" (Cotton) – 3:34
"Bitter Blue" (Timothy B. Schmit) – 3:20
"Another Time Around" (Cotton) – 5:01
"Whatever Happened to Your Smile" (Schmit) – 3:14
"All The Ways" (Young) – 3:28

Personnel

Paul Cotton – guitars, vocals
Rusty Young – steel guitar, banjo, guitars, vocals
Timothy B. Schmit – bass, vocals
George Grantham – drums, vocals

Production

Poco – producers
Mark Henry Harman – engineer
Michael Verdick – assistant engineer
Wally Traugott – mastering
Phil Hartman – cover design, illustration
Gribbitt! – creative direction
Hartmann and Goodman – management

Studios

Recorded and Mixed at Record Plant (Los Angeles, California).
Mastered at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California).

References

^ ^a ^b Chrispell, James. "Cantamos > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved Dec 26, 2019.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.