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1971 studio album by Taj Mahal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Happy Just to Be Like I Am is the fourth studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal.[1]
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1971[1] | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 42:36 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Taj Mahal, David Rubinson | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
Christgau's Record Guide said in their review: "this relaxed, witty survey of musical Afro-America is strongest when its compositions verge on interpretations".[2] Disc and Music Echo called it a "fine album, it's funky and it's gutsy, and there's splended brass on it".[5] Rolling Stone Magazine said it is a "loose riotous blues 'n roots album", and that Taj Mahal is "nearly alone carrying the torch of the country music blues for other young black musicians to hear".[5]
Eric Zoeckler wrote in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that it is the "unconventional mixture of instruments, Taj's six-holed fife, a section of four tubas, gung-ko-gwees, flugelhorns and steel bodied guitars, that makes this recording the delight that it is".[6]
All tracks composed by Taj Mahal; except where indicated
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