Orleans II is the second album from the soft rock band Orleans. Orleans II was originally released in Japan and Europe in 1974. ABC Records chose not to release the album in the United States because they did not see any hits on the album, and the band was subsequently dropped from ABC Records. The label's parent company, the American Broadcasting Company, would use the band's later song "Still the One" as part of a promotional campaign.

Orleans II
Studio album by
Released1974
GenreSoft rock
Length40:08
LabelABC-Dunhill
ProducerOrleans & Johanna Hall
Orleans chronology
Orleans
(1973)
Orleans II
(1974)
Let There Be Music
(1975)

Track listing edit

All songs written by John Hall & Johanna Hall except noted.

  1. "Let's Have A Good Time" - 5:14
  2. "Dance with Me" - 3:19
  3. "Wake Up" - 2:46
  4. "Let There Be Music" (Larry Hoppen, Johanna Hall) - 4:19
  5. "The Last Song" - 3:45
  6. "Sweet Johanna" - 5:16
  7. "Sunset" (Wells Kelly) - 3:51
  8. "Money" (Larry Hoppen) - 2:55
  9. "The Breakdown" (Rufus Thomas, Mack Rice, Eddie Floyd) - 8:39

Personnel edit

  • John Hall – guitars, lead vocals (all but 4, 7, 8), backing vocals; co-vocals (2) , piano (2, 3) , slide fuzz guitar (4) , trumplex (5) , steel guitar (6) , drums (7) , guitar solo (9)
  • Larry Hoppen — guitars (all but 8) , backing vocals, keyboards; co-vocals (2) , bass (2) , trumpet (3) , lead electric guitar (4) , lead vocals (4, 8) , guitar solo (6, 9) , guitar (7)
  • Lance Hoppen — bass (all but 2) , backing vocals; co-vocals (2)
  • Wells Kelly – drums (all but 7) , backing vocals, percussion; bass (2) ; piano (6, 7) ; lead vocals (7) ; organ (7) [1]

References edit

  1. ^ "Orleans – Orleans II (1974, Vinyl)". Discogs.