Happy Just to Be Like I Am | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1971 [1] | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 42:36 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Taj Mahal, David Rubinson | |||
Taj Mahal chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+ [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Happy Just to Be Like I Am is the fourth studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. [1]
Christgau's Record Guide said in their review: "this relaxed, witty survey of musical Afro-America is strongest when its compositions verge on interpretations". [2] Disc and Music Echo called it a "fine album, it's funky and it's gutsy, and there's splended brass on it". [5] Rolling Stone Magazine said it is a "loose riotous blues 'n roots album", and that Taj Mahal is "nearly alone carrying the torch of the country music blues for other young black musicians to hear". [5]
Eric Zoeckler wrote in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that it is the "unconventional mixture of instruments, Taj's six-holed fife, a section of four tubas, gung-ko-gwees, flugelhorns and steel bodied guitars, that makes this recording the delight that it is". [6]
All tracks composed by Taj Mahal; except where indicated
Happy Just to Be Like I Am | ||||
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![]() | ||||
Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1971 [1] | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 42:36 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Taj Mahal, David Rubinson | |||
Taj Mahal chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+ [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Happy Just to Be Like I Am is the fourth studio album by American blues artist Taj Mahal. [1]
Christgau's Record Guide said in their review: "this relaxed, witty survey of musical Afro-America is strongest when its compositions verge on interpretations". [2] Disc and Music Echo called it a "fine album, it's funky and it's gutsy, and there's splended brass on it". [5] Rolling Stone Magazine said it is a "loose riotous blues 'n roots album", and that Taj Mahal is "nearly alone carrying the torch of the country music blues for other young black musicians to hear". [5]
Eric Zoeckler wrote in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that it is the "unconventional mixture of instruments, Taj's six-holed fife, a section of four tubas, gung-ko-gwees, flugelhorns and steel bodied guitars, that makes this recording the delight that it is". [6]
All tracks composed by Taj Mahal; except where indicated