Aladdin (Rotary Connection album)

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

Aladdin
The band members photographed standing on the end of an oil lamp
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1968 (1968-10)
RecordedAugust 1968
StudioTer Mar Studios, Chicago, Illinois, US
GenrePsychedelic soul, Progressive rock, Acid rock
Length42:28
LanguageEnglish
LabelCadet
Producer
Rotary Connection chronology
Rotary Connection
(1967)
Aladdin
(1968)
Peace
(1968)

Reception

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Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3 out of 5 stars, with critic Andy Kellman writing this album "ushered in a bigger and bolder Rotary Connection" with music that is "more streamlined and less scatterbrained without shedding the limitless approach that made its predecessor such an intrepid undertaking".[1] Kellman also reviewed a single-CD compilation of Aladdin and Dinner Music, also rating it three stars, noting that this is the only way to get this music on CD, but critiquing that these are the band's two weakest albums.[2] In a review for retailers, Billboard called this "another fine swinging album" and spotlighted several tracks as particularly strong[3] and the magazine also recommended the "Paper Castle" single as being "loaded... with sales appeal".[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Life Could" (Bobby Simms) – 4:10
  2. "Teach Me How to Fly" (Sidney Barnes) – 3:20
  3. "V.I.P." (Simms) – 3:04
  4. "Let Them Talk" (Simms) – 4:25
  5. "I Took a Ride (Caravan)" (Ando) – 6:06
  6. "Aladdin" (Steven William Duboff and Artie Kornfeld) – 4:25
  7. "Magical World" (Barnes) – 4:23
  8. "I Must Be There" (Keith Anderson and Simms) – 3:34
  9. "I Feel Sorry" (Mitch Aliotta) – 4:10
  10. "Paper Castle" (Maurice Dollison) – 4:17

Personnel

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Rotary Connection

  • Mitch Aliotta – vocals
  • Sidney Barnes – vocals
  • Judy Hauff – vocals
  • Minnie Riperton – vocals
  • Bobby Simms – vocals
  • Charles Stepney – vocals, arrangement, production
  • Tommy Vincent – vocals

Additional personnel

  • Marshall Chess – production
  • Don Holden – mastering
  • Hurvis, Binzer & Churchill, Inc. – cover design
  • Mel Kaspar – photography
  • Ron Malo – recording

Chart performance

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Aladdin peaked at 176 on the Billboard 200.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kellman, Andy (n.d.). "Rotary Connection – Aladdin". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  2. ^ Kellman, Andy (n.d.). "Rotary Connection – Aladdin/Dinner Music". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "Album Reviews". Pop. Billboard. Vol. 80, no. 42. October 19, 1968. p. 22. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. ^ "Spotlight Singles". Special Merit Spotlight. Billboard. Vol. 80, no. 40. October 5, 1968. p. 61. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. ^ "Rotary Connection | Awards". AllMusic. RhythmOne. n.d. Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
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