Peace (Rotary Connection album)

Peace
A photo of Santa seated with a pipe, surrounded by doll-sized members of the band
Studio album by
Rotary Connection
ReleasedDecember 1968 (1968-12)
Recorded1968
StudioTer Mar Studios, Chicago, Illinois, US
Genre
Length43:18
LanguageEnglish
LabelCadet
Producer
Rotary Connection chronology
Aladdin
(1968) 		Peace
(1968) 		Songs
(1969)
A photo of Santa Claus lying on a battlefield
A Billboard ad for the album which generated more controversy than any other in the publication to date.[1]

Peace is a 1968 studio album by American psychedelic soul group Rotary Connection, released on Cadet Records

Reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Rodney Batdorf writing that this "is a terrific, soulful Christmas album" that "has all the hallmarks of a late-'60s pop-soul record".[2] In a review for retailers, Billboard recommended this release as "a holiday package filled with Christmas" with a "marketable style".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Opening Round" (Mitch Aliotta) – 1:52
  2. "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber and Joseph Mohr) – 5:57
  3. "Christmas Love" (Morris Dollison) – 3:09
  4. "Last Call for Peace" (Arthur Feldman and H. White) – 2:52
  5. "Shopping Bag Menagerie" (Sidney Barnes) – 3:49
  6. "Silent Night" (Marshall Paul and Charles Stepney) – 3:41
  7. "Christmas Child" (Dollison and Stepney) – 2:42
  8. "Peace at Least" (Feldman) – 4:11
  9. "Santa's Little Helpers" (Jim Donlinger and Jim Nyeholt) – 0:34
  10. "Sidewalk Santa" (Barnes) – 4:21
  11. "If Peace Was All We Had" (J. Donlinger and Tim Donlinger) – 4:49
  12. "Silent Night Chant" (Paul and Stepney) – 4:33
  13. "Silence" – 0:30

Personnel

Rotary Connection

  • Mitch Aliotta – vocals
  • Sidney Barnes – vocals
  • Jim Donlinger – vocals
  • Tom Donlinger – vocals
  • Jim Nyeholt – vocals
  • Minnie Riperton – vocals
  • Bobby Simms – vocals
  • Charles Stepney – vocals, arrangement, production

Additional personnel

  • Marshall Chess – production
  • Don Holden – mastering
  • Jerry Griffith – design
  • Ron Malo – recording
  • Warren Meyer – photography

Chart performance

Peace peaked at 24 on the Billboard 200.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ LaPalm, Dick (January 28, 1995). "Confronting Past and Present Atrocities". Commentary. Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 4. p. 6. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. ^ Batdorf, Rodney (n.d.). "Rotary Connection – Peace". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Pop". Album Reviews. Billboard. Vol. 80, no. 46. November 16, 1968. p. 59. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. ^ "Rotary Connection | Awards". AllMusic. RhythmOne. n.d. Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2023.