Donny Hathaway (album)
1971 studio album by Donny Hathaway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Donny Hathaway is the second studio album by American soul artist Donny Hathaway, released on April 2, 1971, on Atco.
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Released | April 2, 1971 | |||
Recorded | 1970–71 | |||
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Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 44:46 | |||
Label | Atco 33-360 | |||
Producer | Jerry Wexler Arif Mardin Donny Hathaway | |||
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Rolling Stone | (favorable) [2] |
The Village Voice | D−[3] |
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The majority of songs featured on the collection were covers of pop, gospel and soul songs that were released around the same time. The most prominent of the covers were Hathaway's rendition of Leon Russell's "A Song for You" and a gospel-inflected cover of Gladys Knight & the Pips' "Giving Up", written by Van McCoy. This was the second of three solo studio albums that Hathaway released during his lifetime before his suicide in 1979. Atlantic producer Jerry Wexler took over most of the production duties, with Hathaway producing one track, the self-penned "Take a Love Song".