Loggins and Messina is the second album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by singer/songwriters Loggins and Messina

Loggins and Messina

Loggins and Messina are an American rock-pop duo consisting of Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina who achieved their success in the early to mid 1970s...

, released in 1972

1972 in music

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Following on the success of their first album, this album built on the strengths of their debut outing. It also became the true introduction of the team, Loggins and Messina, not as singles playing together, but rather as a team that played as one.

It featured two songs that charted, with "Your Mama Don't Dance" reaching its peak at #4, their highest charting single. The album itself charted at #16. The album version of "Thinking Of You" is a different recording than the hit single.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Good Friend" (Jim Messina) – 4:04
2. "Whiskey" (Kenny Loggins
   Kenny Loggins
   During the next decade, Loggins recorded so many successful songs for film soundtracks that he was referred to as, King of the Movie Soundtrack.He began with "I'm Alright" , "Mr. Night", and "Lead the Way" from Caddyshack...
   
   ) – 1:58
3. "Your Mama Don't Dance
   Your Mama Don't Dance
   "Your Mama Don't Dance" is a hit 1972 song by the rock duo Loggins and Messina. Released on their self-titled album Loggins and Messina, it reached #4 on the Billboard pop chart and #19 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart as a single in early 1973."Your Mama Don't Dance" was covered in 1985...
   
   " (Loggins, Messina) – 2:48
4. "Long Tail Cat" (Loggins) – 3:47
5. "Golden Ribbons" (Messina) – 6:08

Side Two

1. "Thinking of You" (Messina) – 2:19
2. "Just Before the News" (Messina) – 1:09
3. "Till The Ends Meet" (Loggins) – 3:10
4. "Holiday Hotel" (Messina, Al Garth) – 2:02
5. "Lady of My Heart" (Loggins) – 1:44
6. "Angry Eyes" (Loggins, Messina) – 7:40

Personnel

• Kenny Loggins - vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Jim Messina - vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, mandolin
• Merel Bregante - vocals, drums
• Lester "Al" Garth - fiddle, violin, horn, recorder, alto & tenor saxophone
• Michael Omartian
  Michael Omartian
  Michael Omartian is an Armenian-American singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and music producer. He has been a participant in over 350,000,000 albums and CD’s sold worldwide, as a producer, arranger, artist or musician, during a career that has spanned over 38 years...
  
   - organ, piano, keyboards, clavinet
• Rusty Young - dobro, guitar, steel dobro
• Jon Clarke - flute, horn, oboe, recorder, baritone, soprano & tenor saxophone
• Milt Holland
  Milt Holland
  Milt Holland was an American drummer, percussionist, ethnic musicologist, and writer in the Los Angeles music scene who pioneered the use of African, South American, and Indian percussion styles in jazz, pop and film music, traveling extensively on those continents to collect instruments and to...
  
   - percussion
• Larry Sims - vocals, bass
• Stephen Stills
  Stephen Stills
  Stephen Arthur Stills is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash . He has performed on a professional level in several other bands as well as maintaining a solo career at the same time...
  
   - vocals

Production

• Producers: Jim Messina, Kenny Loggins
• Engineer: John Fiore
• Photography: Jim Marshall
  Jim Marshall
  Jim Marshall may refer to:*Jim Marshall , Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives*Jim E...
  
  , Marsha Reed

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Pop Albums	16

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1972	"Your Mama Don't Dance"	Pop Singles	4
1973	"Thinking of You"	Pop Singles	18
1973	"Thinking of You"	Adult Contemporary	7
1973	"Angry Eyes"	AOR	1