I'm Tired of Driving is an album by saxophonist/pianist Eddie Harris, recorded in 1978 and released on the RCA label.[1][2]

I'm Tired of Driving
Studio album by
Released1978
Recorded1978
StudioP.S. Recording Studios, Chicago, IL
GenreJazz
Length39:19
LabelRCA
PL 12942
ProducerRichard Evans
Eddie Harris chronology
How Can You Live Like That?
(1976)
I'm Tired of Driving
(1978)
Playin' with Myself
(1979)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]

The Philadelphia Daily News wrote that "Harris sings in an outrageous falsetto and a bathroom baritone."[4] Newsday deemed the album a "rather unfocused amalgam of rhythm and blues, gospel, bossa nova and disco drone."[5]

Richard S. Ginell of AllMusic called the album a "somewhat tepid brew of mostly R&B/slanted pop/jazz music with a whiff of disco now and then, utilizing Harris' array of straight and electronically-altered vocals, lots of acoustic tenor sax, and some piano," and said that, "although EH's personal sax sound is always recognizable, and he is more crisply recorded than on any of his Atlantic records, the LP's anonymous, pre-packaged '70s feeling drains much of Harris' personality right out of the studio."[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Eddie Harris except where noted.

  1. "Two Times Two Equals Love" (Harris, Y. Harris) – 5:55
  2. "You Are the One" (Harris, L. Harris) – 3:57
  3. "Songbird" (Dave Wolfert, Steve Nelson) – 4:05
  4. "I'm Tired of Driving" (Harris, S. Harris) – 4:50
  5. "The Loneliest Monk" – 3:58
  6. "Theme for the Foxy Ladies" (Richard Evans) – 3:39
  7. "You Stole My Heart" (Harris, S., L, & Y. Harris) – 3:18
  8. "There Was a Time" – 5:02
  9. "What's Wrong with The World Today" – 4:35

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Eddie Harris Discography, accessed June 22, 2017
  2. ^ Allan, William (26 Nov 1978). "Solo Saxophonists Blow Up Music Storm". The Pittsburgh Press. p. H7.
  3. ^ a b Ginell, Richard S.. Eddie Harris: I'm Tired of Driving – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  4. ^ Nelson, Nels (17 Nov 1978). "Jazz". Philadelphia Daily News. p. 48.
  5. ^ Micklin, Bob (3 Dec 1978). "Mostly winners in new offerings". Part II. Newsday. p. 21.