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| | Blood, Sweat, and Tears |
 | | The album peaked at #1 on the U.S. Charts, staying there for seven weeks, going double platinum by the end of 1969, and stayed on the top 40 for 66 weeks. |
 | | Arguably, the BSandT that made this self-titled second album, consisting of five of the eight original members and four newcomers, including singer David Clayton-Thomas, was really a different group from the one that made the debut album, Child is Father to the Man, which was largely under the direction of singer/songwriter/keyboard player/arranger Al Kooper. |
 | | Not only did the album contain three songs that neared the top of the charts as singles--"Happy," "Spinning Wheel," and "And When I Die"--but the whole album, including an arrangement of "God Bless The Child" and the radical rewerite of Traffic's "Smiling Phases," was wonderfaully accessible. |
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