Of a Simple Man

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Of a Simple Man
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Studio album by Lobo
Released October 1972
Recorded 1972
Studio Mastersound Studios
Genre Folk rock, soft rock
Label Big Tree Records
Producer Phil Gernhard
Lobo chronology
Introducing Lobo
(1971)
Of a Simple Man
(1972)
Calumet
(1973)
Singles from Of a Simple Man

Of a Simple Man is the second album by Lobo, released in 1972 on Big Tree Records.[1]

It is Lobo's most popular album, peaking at #37 on the US Top LP chart. Two of its singles were Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and chart toppers on the Easy Listening chart.

Track listing

All songs are written by Kent LaVoie.

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "Intro"   0:24
2. "There Ain't No Way"   3:14
3. "A Big Red Kite"   4:06
4. "Recycle Sally"   3:10
5. "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend"   3:38
6. "A Simple Man"   3:05
Side B
No. Title Length
7. "I'd Love You to Want Me"   4:04
8. "Let Me Down Easy"   2:45
9. "Pee-Ro Juan Valdez Sam Quixote"   4:04
10. "Running Deer"   3:25
11. "Gypsy And The Midnight Ghost"   3:08
12. "Am I True To Myself"   3:33

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1972 "A Simple Man" U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 56
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[6] 17
"I'd Love You to Want Me" U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 2
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[8] 1
1974 U.K.[9] 5
1973 "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] 8
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[11] 1

References

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