Moments (Boz Scaggs album)

Moments
Studio album by Boz Scaggs
Released	Mar 1971
Genre	Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul
Label	Columbia
Producer	Glyn Johns
Boz Scaggs chronology
Boz Scaggs (1969) Moments (1971) Boz Scaggs & Band (1971)

Moments is the third album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1971. It was his debut album on the Columbia label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Allmusic gave a thoroughly warm retrospective review of the album, praising its mellow and laid-back tone. They also considered the album a precursor to Scaggs's greatest artistic achievement, saying that it "found him sketching out the blue-eyed soul that would eventually bring him fame when he streamlined it for 1976's Silk Degrees."^[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated

Side One

1. "We Were Always Sweethearts" - 3:31
2. "Downright Women" - 4:38
3. "Painted Bells" - 4:03
4. "Alone, Alone" - 3:41 (David Brown)
5. "Near You" - 4:54

Side Two

1. "I Will Forever Sing (The Blues)" - 5:16 (Powell St. John)
2. "Moments" - 4:35
3. "Hollywood Blues" - 2:42
4. "We Been Away" - 3:44 (David Brown)
5. "Can I Make It Last (Or Will It Just Be Over)" - 5:20 (Instrumental)

Personnel

• Boz Scaggs: guitar, vocals
• George Rains: drums
• David Brown: bass
• Jymm (Joachim) Young: keyboards
• James "Curley" Cooke: guitar
• Doug Simril: keyboards, guitar
• Coke Escovedo, Pete Escovedo: percussion
• Craymore Stevens: rhythm guitar
• Bill Atwood: trumpet, flugelhorn
• Pat O'Hara: trombone, horn arrangements
• Mel Martin: saxophone
• Brian Rogers: string arrangements
• The Rita Coolidge Ladies Ensemble: backing vocals
• John McFee: steel guitar
• Ben Sidran: keyboards, vibraphone

Recording information

• Recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
• Mixed at Island Studios in London by Glyn Johns
• Anne Blackford - cover design
• George H. Conger - photography

References

1. Moments at AllMusic

External links

• Moments Lyrics