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{{Infobox album
| name = Howard Tate
| type = studio
| artist = [[Howard Tate]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1972
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[soul music|Soul]], [[R&B]]
| length =
| label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| producer = [[Jerry Ragovoy]]
| prev_title = Howard Tate's Reaction
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Rediscovered
| next_year = 2003
}}
'''''Howard Tate''''' is an album by the American musician [[Howard Tate]], released in 1972.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Soul: Howard Tate |magazine=Billboard |date=Mar 18, 1972 |volume=84 |issue=12 |page=47}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Harada |first1=Wayne |title=On the Record |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=Apr 27, 1972 |page=F5}}</ref> The first single was "Keep Cool (Don't Be a Fool)".<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |last1=Fine |first1=Jason |title=Lost Soul |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=Nov 27, 2003 |issue=936 |pages=46–47, 50}}</ref> The album was a commercial failure, due to the mediocrity of some of the songs, as well as [[Jerry Wexler]]'s departure from [[Atlantic Records]].<ref name=RS/>
It was Tate's last album until 2003; his close friends and associates were often unsure of his whereabouts during the intervening decades.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chalmers |first1=Robert |title=Soul Survivor |work=The Independent on Sunday |date=30 Mar 2003 |department=Features |pages=10–14}}</ref>
==Production==
The album was produced by [[Jerry Ragovoy]], who also wrote or cowrote the majority of the songs.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Morris |first1=Chris |title=Back from 'Dead' |magazine=Billboard |date=Jul 26, 2003 |volume=115 |issue=30 |page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Christgau |first1=Robert |title='Howard Tate' |work=Newsday |date=Apr 9, 1972 |department=Part II |page=17}}</ref> The producer later regretted the song selection, conceding that some were too pop.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Levy |first1=Marc |title=High notes and a higher cause: R&B's Howard Tate is back—and a minister |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=1 Apr 2001 |page=B1}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
{{music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=""*****"">{{cite web |title=Howard Tate Review by John Bush |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/howard-tate-mw0000013902 |website=AllMusic |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Buffalo Evening News]]''
|rev2score = C+<ref name="BE">{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Dale |title=Records: Rock 'n Pop |work=The Buffalo Evening News |date=Mar 18, 1972 |department=TV Topics |page=32}}</ref>
|rev3 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev3score = A−<ref name="RC">{{cite web |title=Howard Tate |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=howard+tate |website=Robert Christgau |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
}}
[[Robert Christgau]] praised "Tate's amazing vocal and emotional range—as cocksure as Wilson Pickett one moment, as sweet and hurting as B.B. King the next, and as corny as Joe Tex to top it off."<ref name=RC/> ''[[The Buffalo Evening News]]'' noted "Tate's mellow elastic voice and some neatly turned tunes."<ref name=BE/> The ''[[Courier News]]'' opined that "the soulful Ragovoy pieces are made to order for the warm, understanding feeling that Tate unleashes."<ref name="CN">{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Cliff |title=Smith on jazz |work=Courier News |agency=Gannett News Service |date=Mar 24, 1972 |page=28}}</ref>
[[AllMusic]] wrote that "the arrangements are staid period soul, and while the musicians back Tate with confidence and energy, it's difficult for them to open up within such constrained charts."<ref name="*****"/> In 2018, ''[[The Independent]]'' listed "[[Girl from the North Country|Girl of the North Country]]" as the sixth best [[Bob Dylan]] cover song, writing that, "given the full Atlantic Records treatment with booming horns and Tate's soaring voice, it shouldn't really work but the resulting celebratory air is a perfect counterpoint to the sombre and regretful mood of the original."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ross |first1=Graeme |title=Zimmy Stardust |work=The Independent |date=16 Feb 2018 |department=Features |page=41}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = She's a Burglar
| length1 =
| title2 = 8 Days on the Road
| length2 =
| title3 = You Don't Know Nothing About Love
| length3 =
| title4 = When I Was a Young Man
| length4 =
| title5 = [[Girl from the North Country|Girl of the North Country]]
| length5 =
| title6 = Where Did My Baby Go
| length6 =
| title7 = Keep Cool (Don't Be a Fool)
| length7 =
| title8 = [[Jemima Surrender]]
| length8 =
| title9 = Strugglin'
| length9 =
| title10 = It's Heavy
| length10 =
| title11 = It's Your Move
| length11 =
| title12 = The Bitter End
| length12 =
}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:1972 albums]]
[[Category:Atlantic Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Jerry Ragovoy]]
Okumaya devam et...
{{Infobox album
| name = Howard Tate
| type = studio
| artist = [[Howard Tate]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1972
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[soul music|Soul]], [[R&B]]
| length =
| label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| producer = [[Jerry Ragovoy]]
| prev_title = Howard Tate's Reaction
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Rediscovered
| next_year = 2003
}}
'''''Howard Tate''''' is an album by the American musician [[Howard Tate]], released in 1972.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Soul: Howard Tate |magazine=Billboard |date=Mar 18, 1972 |volume=84 |issue=12 |page=47}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Harada |first1=Wayne |title=On the Record |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=Apr 27, 1972 |page=F5}}</ref> The first single was "Keep Cool (Don't Be a Fool)".<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |last1=Fine |first1=Jason |title=Lost Soul |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=Nov 27, 2003 |issue=936 |pages=46–47, 50}}</ref> The album was a commercial failure, due to the mediocrity of some of the songs, as well as [[Jerry Wexler]]'s departure from [[Atlantic Records]].<ref name=RS/>
It was Tate's last album until 2003; his close friends and associates were often unsure of his whereabouts during the intervening decades.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chalmers |first1=Robert |title=Soul Survivor |work=The Independent on Sunday |date=30 Mar 2003 |department=Features |pages=10–14}}</ref>
==Production==
The album was produced by [[Jerry Ragovoy]], who also wrote or cowrote the majority of the songs.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Morris |first1=Chris |title=Back from 'Dead' |magazine=Billboard |date=Jul 26, 2003 |volume=115 |issue=30 |page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Christgau |first1=Robert |title='Howard Tate' |work=Newsday |date=Apr 9, 1972 |department=Part II |page=17}}</ref> The producer later regretted the song selection, conceding that some were too pop.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Levy |first1=Marc |title=High notes and a higher cause: R&B's Howard Tate is back—and a minister |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=1 Apr 2001 |page=B1}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
{{music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=""*****"">{{cite web |title=Howard Tate Review by John Bush |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/howard-tate-mw0000013902 |website=AllMusic |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Buffalo Evening News]]''
|rev2score = C+<ref name="BE">{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Dale |title=Records: Rock 'n Pop |work=The Buffalo Evening News |date=Mar 18, 1972 |department=TV Topics |page=32}}</ref>
|rev3 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev3score = A−<ref name="RC">{{cite web |title=Howard Tate |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=howard+tate |website=Robert Christgau |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
}}
[[Robert Christgau]] praised "Tate's amazing vocal and emotional range—as cocksure as Wilson Pickett one moment, as sweet and hurting as B.B. King the next, and as corny as Joe Tex to top it off."<ref name=RC/> ''[[The Buffalo Evening News]]'' noted "Tate's mellow elastic voice and some neatly turned tunes."<ref name=BE/> The ''[[Courier News]]'' opined that "the soulful Ragovoy pieces are made to order for the warm, understanding feeling that Tate unleashes."<ref name="CN">{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Cliff |title=Smith on jazz |work=Courier News |agency=Gannett News Service |date=Mar 24, 1972 |page=28}}</ref>
[[AllMusic]] wrote that "the arrangements are staid period soul, and while the musicians back Tate with confidence and energy, it's difficult for them to open up within such constrained charts."<ref name="*****"/> In 2018, ''[[The Independent]]'' listed "[[Girl from the North Country|Girl of the North Country]]" as the sixth best [[Bob Dylan]] cover song, writing that, "given the full Atlantic Records treatment with booming horns and Tate's soaring voice, it shouldn't really work but the resulting celebratory air is a perfect counterpoint to the sombre and regretful mood of the original."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ross |first1=Graeme |title=Zimmy Stardust |work=The Independent |date=16 Feb 2018 |department=Features |page=41}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = She's a Burglar
| length1 =
| title2 = 8 Days on the Road
| length2 =
| title3 = You Don't Know Nothing About Love
| length3 =
| title4 = When I Was a Young Man
| length4 =
| title5 = [[Girl from the North Country|Girl of the North Country]]
| length5 =
| title6 = Where Did My Baby Go
| length6 =
| title7 = Keep Cool (Don't Be a Fool)
| length7 =
| title8 = [[Jemima Surrender]]
| length8 =
| title9 = Strugglin'
| length9 =
| title10 = It's Heavy
| length10 =
| title11 = It's Your Move
| length11 =
| title12 = The Bitter End
| length12 =
}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:1972 albums]]
[[Category:Atlantic Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Jerry Ragovoy]]
Okumaya devam et...