Track Listing
1. Victims of the Darkness
2. Am I Expecting Too Much?
3. My Baby Is the Real Thing
4. Goin' Down
5. She Once Belonged to Me
6. Out of the City (Into the Country Life)
7. Soul Sister
8. Fingers and Toes
9. I've Got to Convince Myself
10. On Your Way Down
11. Gone Too Far
12. Electricity
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | The Meters | | Producer: | Allen Toussaint, Filippo Salvadori (Reissue) | | Distributor: | City Hall | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Recorded at Jazz City Recording Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana. Includes liner notes by Clive Anderson.
All songs written by Allen Toussaint.
Allen Toussaint: Allen Toussaint (acoustic guitar, harmonica, piano).
Personnel: George Plummer, Vincent Toussaint, Leo Nocentelli (guitar); Alvin Thomas , Gary Brown (tenor saxophone); Red Tyler (baritone saxophone); Clyde Kerr (trumpet, French horn); Francis Rousselle (trumpet); George Porter Jr., Walter Payton (bass instrument); Joseph Modeliste (drums); Squirrel , Alfred Roberts (congas).
Audio Remixer: John Stronach.
Recording information: Jazz City Recording Studio, New Orleans (1972).
As a musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer, Allen Toussaint has been a key figure in New Orleans music since the 1960s. His 1972 solo release, LIFE, LOVE AND FAITH (his Warner/Reprise debut), shows his talent in full flower. Toussaint blends all the best elements of New Orleans R&B (many of which he helped shape and refine), including swampy funk, second-line boogie, Professor Longhair-styled R&B, and touches of jazz. But Toussaint's far more than a sculptor of grooves: he is a singer-songwriter with a wide compositional palette that encompasses ballads, smooth soul, and psychedelia, as well as tasty jams. LIFE, LOVE AND FAITH is one of the finest from this Big Easy legend.
Editorial Reviews
3 Stars - Good - ...full-fledged funkathon...
Q (09/01/1996)
[T]he set sounds like a goldmine of hits....the dozen songs make for one of the finest, if most overlooked, albums out of the Crescent City.
No Depression
4 stars out of 5 -- [D]isplaying his measured yet disparate skills on the disco hit 'Soul Sister' and the sublime, moving 'On The Way Down'.
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