Album · 1974
What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits is a 1974 rock album by The Doobie Brothers. It runs 12 tracks across 45 minutes on Warner Bros. Records.
Rock · Blue-Eyed Soul · Blues Rock
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- 59 /100
- 5 critics
- 12
- Tracks
- 45 min
- Runtime
- 123 bpm
- Tempo
- A major
- Key
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5 publications
- AllMusic3.5/5
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5
- The Great Rock Discography6/10
- Christgaus Record GuideC−
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2.5/5
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What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits album cover
The What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits cover was designed by Chas Barbour, photographed by Dan Fong, and art-directed by Chas Barbour.
- Design
- Chas Barbour
- Photography
- Dan Fong
- Art direction
- Chas Barbour
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Tracklist
12 tracks · 45 min
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The Doobies team up with the Memphis Horns for an even more Southern-flavored album than usual, although also a more uneven one. By this time, Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, and company had pretty well inherited the mantle and the core (and then some) of the audience left behind by Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty, with Johnston songs like "Pursuit on 53rd Street," "Down in the Track," and "Road Angel" recalling pieces like "Travelin' Band," while Simmons' "Black Water" (their first number one hit) evoked the softer side of the "swamp rock" popularized by CCR. Actually, in some respects, given the range of instruments employed here, including an autoharp (courtesy of Arlo Guthrie) and viola, the songs on the original LP's first side suffer somewhat from a sameness that makes What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits a little less interesting than the albums that preceded it.
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The original side two had a lot more variety, which is as good as any full album the band ever recorded: Simmons' "Tell Me What You Want (And I'll Give You What You Need)" and Johnston's "Another Park, Another Sunday," which both outdo the Eagles and Poco at their respective country-rock games (and keep a certain soulful edge, too), Simmons' lyrical, ethereal, slightly spacy "Daughters of the Sea," and the very spacy, shimmering instrumental "Flying Cloud" (written by bassist Tiran Porter). In all, despite the weakness of its original first side, it's got a lot more to offer than the single hit, and has at least six numbers (out of 12) that rate with the better album tracks the group has ever done.
In brief
- When was What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits released?
- What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits was released in 1974 on Warner Bros. Records.
- How many tracks are on What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits?
- What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits has 12 tracks, with a runtime of 45 minutes.
- What genre is What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits?
- What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits is catalogued under Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Blues Rock.
- What BPM is What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits?
- What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits runs at a median tempo of 123 BPM across its tracks, most often in A major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits?
- Listeners of What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits also rate Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, Fly Like an Eagle by Steve Miller Band, Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits at a glance
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Produced by
- Ted Templeman
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