Over the Rainbow (Livingston Taylor album)

Over the Rainbow is singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor's third album, released in 1973. Its eleven tracks include nine of his own compositions, as well as two cover versions: "Over the Rainbow", from The Wizard of Oz, and George Harrison's "If I Needed Someone".[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Christgau's Record Guide	C[2]

Over the Rainbow
Studio album by Livingston Taylor
Released	1973
Recorded	1973
Genre	Rock
Length	31:29
Label	Capricorn
Producer	Ed Freeman
Livingston Taylor chronology
Liv (1971) Over the Rainbow (1973) Three Way Mirror (1978)

Track listing

All tracks composed by Livingston Taylor, except where indicated.

1. "Loving Be My New Horizon" – 1:45
2. "Pretty Woman" (N. Clafin, Taylor) – 2:31
3. "Falling In Love With You" – 2:23
4. "I Can Dream of You" – 3:02
5. "Blind" – 3:36
6. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) – 2:41
7. "Rodeo" – 2:53
8. "Lady Tomorrow" – 2:41
9. "If I Needed Someone" (George Harrison) – 2:56
10. "Let Me Go Down" – 3:19
11. "Oh Hallelujah" – 3:46

Personnel

• Livingston Taylor – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Gloria Agostini – harp
• Victor Brady – piano, steel guitar, steel piano
• Neil Larsen – keyboards
• Chuck Leavell – keyboards
• Tony Levin – bass guitar
• Mike Mainieri – percussion, marimba, vibraphone
• George Marge – clarinet, clavinet
• Rick Marotta – drums, percussion
• Jim Nalls – guitar
• Walter Robinson – bass guitar, acoustic bass
• Carly Simon – vocals
• Maretha Stewart – vocals
• Tommy Talton – guitar
• Howard "Buzz" Feiten – guitar
• James Taylor – vocals
• Jim Reeves – mix engineer
• Ed Freeman – producer

References

1. Over the Rainbow – Livingston Taylor | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved May 26, 2020
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 15, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.