Billy Joe Thomas - Self Titled (1972) Vinyl LP • BJ , Rock and Roll Lullaby

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Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; light-scuffing (front/back/inner-gate). Inner-sleeve is original (generic white). Spine is mostly readable with mild-wear. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Hole-punch in top-left.)

Tracks:

1. That's What Friends Are For
2. Rock And Roll Lullaby
3. Happier Than The Morning Sun
4. Roads
5. Sweet Cherry Wine
6. A Song For My Brother
7. A Fine Way To Go
8. Just As Gone
9. I Get Enthused
10. Are We Losing Touch
11. We Have Got To Get Our Ship Together
12. The Stories We Can Tell

About The Record:

Billy Joe Thomas, by Billy Joe Thomas, captures the height of his pop career in the early 1970s. The album blends pop and adult contemporary styles, featuring Thomas's smooth vocals on tracks written by prominent songwriters like Stevie Wonder (Happier Than the Morning Sun), Jimmy Webb (Roads), Carole King (Sweet Cherry Wine), and Paul Williams (That's What Friends Are For). Historically significant, it reflects a pivotal moment in Thomas's career, bridging his earlier hits like Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head and his later gospel phase, with recordings made at iconic studios like Electric Lady Studios. The album's standout hit single, Rock and Roll Lullaby, peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and achieved gold certification for over 1 million sales. Other tracks, such as The Stories We Can Tell and That's What Friends Are For, showcase emotional depth but did not replicate the commercial success of the lead single.