Brotherhood (The Doobie Brothers album)
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Brotherhood is the eleventh studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers
, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music
).
Additional players
Singles
The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band. The group has sold over 40 million units worldwide throughout their career. The Doobie Brothers were inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004.-Original incarnation:...
, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music
1991 in music
See also:* 1991 in music Record labels established in 1991-Summary:The year 1991 is the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. Nirvana's Nevermind, led by the surprise hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit", becomes the most popular U.S. album of the year...
).
Track listing
- "Something You Said" (M. Lunn, A. Gorrie) – 4:48
- "Is Love Enough" (J. L. Williams, W. Richmond) – 4:40
- "DangerousDangerous (Doobie Brothers song)"Dangerous" is a song off of the Doobie Brothers' 1991 studio record Brotherhood with Patrick Simmons singing the lead vocal. The song deals with riding down a road where danger is surrounding the protagonist of the song at every turn...
" (Simmons) – 5:06 - "Our Love" (Jerry Lynn Williams) – 4:32
- "Divided Highway" (Simmons, Fox, PeterikJim PeterikJim Peterik is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the band Survivor and as vocalist and songwriter of the hit song "Vehicle" by The Ides of March...
) – 3:50 - "Under the Spell" (Peterik, Syniar, Wertico) – 4:23
- "Excited" (Johnston, J. L. Williams) – 5:02
- "This Train I'm On" (Simmons, D. Ockerman) – 3:55
- "Showdown" (Johnston) – 4:20
- "Rollin' On" (Johnston) – 4:15
Personnel
The Doobie Brothers- Tom JohnstonTom Johnston (US musician)Tom Johnston is an American musician. He is a guitarist and vocalist, and co-founded The Doobie Brothers with drummer John Hartman, guitarist Patrick Simmons and bassist Dave Shogren....
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Patrick SimmonsPatrick SimmonsPatrick Simmons is an American musician best known as a guitarist and vocalist for the rock band The Doobie Brothers. His fingerstyle guitar playing complements the strumming style of Tom Johnston. Born in Aberdeen, Washington, he has been the band's only consistent member throughout their tenure...
- guitars, vocals - Tiran PorterTiran PorterTiran Porter is a American bass and guitar player, vocalist and composer. Born September 26, 1948, he graduated from Leuzinger High School in Hawthorne, CA in 1966...
- bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals - John HartmanJohn HartmanJohn Hartman is a U.S. drummer who was a co-founder and original drummer of the Doobie Brothers. At the band's inception, Hartman was the sole drummer. However, in late 1971, the group added second drummer Michael Hossack, and the dual-drummers formation has persisted ever since...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Michael HossackMichael HossackMichael Hossack is the drummer in the band The Doobie Brothers.Hossack, known as "Big Mike," learned his craft drumming in the Boy Scouts and later served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. His musical career began in a short-lived band called Mourning Reign, but upon their break-up...
- drums, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
Additional players
- Steve Canali - slide guitarSlide guitarSlide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...
- Jimi Fox - percussion
- Dale Ockerman - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Richard Bryant - background vocals
- Vicki RandleVicki RandleVicki Randle is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer, known as the first female member of the Tonight Show Band, starting with host Jay Leno in 1992...
- background vocals
Production
- Producer: Rodney Mills
- Engineer: Rodney Mills, Devon Rietveld
- Photography: Robert DoisneauRobert DoisneauRobert Doisneau was a French photographer. In the 1930s he used a Leica on the streets of Paris; together with Henri Cartier-Bresson he was a pioneer of photojournalism...
- Mastering: Bob LudwigBob LudwigBob Ludwig is an American mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. His name is credited on the covers of albums released across the world, and he has won numerous awards....
- Mixing: Rodney Mills, Chris Lord-AlgeChris Lord-AlgeChris Lord-Alge is a mixer who has worked on various albums. He is the brother of Tom Lord-Alge, another audio engineer. Chris Lord-Alge is known for his extreme use of dynamic range compression in both hardware and software plug-in versions....
- Design: John Kehe
- Photography: Peter Miller
- Art Direction: Tommy Steele
Charts
AlbumYear | Chart | Position |
---|---|---|
1991 | The Billboard 200 | 82 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
---|---|---|---|
1991 | "Dangerous" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 |
1991 | "Rollin' On" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 12 |