View source for A Way of Life (The Family Dogg album)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = A Way of Life
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[The Family Dogg]]
| cover      = FamilyDoggAWayOfLifeCover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = November 1969
| recorded   = April&nbsp;– May 1969 at<br />[[IBC Studios]], [[London]];<br />Chappell Studios, [[London]];<br />Landsdowne Studios, [[London]]
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{flatlist|
* [[Pop rock]]
* [[folk rock]]
}}
| length     = 55:01
| label      = [[Bell Records (UK)|Bell]]
| producer   = [[Steve Rowland (record producer)|Steve Rowland]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = The View from Rowlands Head
| next_year  = 1971
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1score =  {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r37219}}</ref>
| noprose   = yes
}}
'''''A Way of Life''''' is the début [[album]] by British vocal harmony and [[folk rock]] group [[The Family Dogg]]. It features singer-songwriter [[Albert Hammond]], and a session group includes [[Led Zeppelin]]'s [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]], [[Jimmy Page]], and [[John Bonham]]. [[Elton John]] may have played piano on the title track. Released by the UK subsidiary of Bell Records in November, 1969, the album was reissued in 1995 as a CD with bonus tracks, which included B-sides and songs found on other compilation and sampler records.
== Track listing ==
#"Julie's Just Gone" (Mark Jordan)&nbsp;– 3:20
#"All the Best Songs and Marches" (Terry Stamp)&nbsp;– 2:31
#"[[In the Ghetto]]" ([[Mac Davis]])&nbsp;– 3:06
#"[[Today I Killed a Man I Didn't Know]]" ([[Roger Cook (songwriter)|Roger Cook]], [[Roger Greenaway]])&nbsp;– 4:13
#"Pattern People" ([[Jimmy Webb]])&nbsp;– 2:40
#"[[Save the Life of My Child]]" ([[Paul Simon]])&nbsp;– 4:45
#"[[Love Minus Zero/No Limit]]" ([[Bob Dylan]])&nbsp;– 2:54
#"Reflections 'Of Your Face'" ([[Amory Kane]])&nbsp;– 4:05
#"Run Run Run Fly Fly Fly" (Ben Findon)&nbsp;– 2:47
#"Moonshine Mary" ([[Albert Hammond]], [[Mike Hazlewood]])&nbsp;– 3:26
#"You Were On My Mind" (Traditional; arranged by Kane, Rowland, Hammond, Hazlewood)&nbsp;– 4:37
#"[[A Place in the Sun (Stevie Wonder song)|A Place in the Sun]]" (Bryan Wells, Ronald Miller)&nbsp;– 4:55
#"A Way of Life" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway)&nbsp;– 4:04
== Personnel ==
*[[Steve Rowland (record producer)|Steve Rowland]]&nbsp;– Lead vocals (tracks 1, 3-9, 11, 13), backing vocals, congas, producer
*[[Albert Hammond]]&nbsp;– Lead vocals (tracks 4-7, 9, 11-13), backing vocals, 12-string guitar
*[[Mike Hazelwood]]&nbsp;– Lead vocals (tracks 2, 5, 7), backing vocals, acoustic guitar
*Christine Holmes&nbsp;– Lead vocals (track 5), backing vocals
*Pam "Zooey" Quinn&nbsp;– Lead vocals (track 10), backing vocals
*Doreen De Veuve&nbsp;– vocals (uncredited)
*[[Jimmy Page]]&nbsp;– [[Electric guitars]] (tracks 4, 11, 13)
*[[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]]&nbsp;– [[Bass guitar]], arranger (tracks 4, 8, 11)
*Amory Kane&nbsp;– guitar, fills between every track
*[[John Bonham]]&nbsp;– Drums
*[[Alan Parker (musician)|Alan Parker]]&nbsp;– Acoustic guitar
*[[Alan Hawkshaw|Alan "Hawk" Hawkshaw]]&nbsp;– Piano, organ
*[[Clem Cattini]]&nbsp;– Drums
*[[Big Jim Sullivan]]&nbsp;– Arranger, guitar (uncredited)
*[[Elton John]]&nbsp;– Piano (track 13, uncredited)
*Bette Wernick (nee Ellis)- Backing Vocals (track 13)
*Stan Barrett&nbsp;– Percussion
*Denis Lopez&nbsp;– Percussion
*Phil Dennys&nbsp;– Arranger
*Reg Tilsey&nbsp;– Arranger
*Ken Woodman&nbsp;– Arranger
*Damon Lyon Shaw&nbsp;– Engineer (IBC Studios)
*John Iles&nbsp;– Engineer (Chappell Studios)
*[[John Timperley (sound engineer)|John Timperley]]– Engineer (Chappell Studios)
*[[John Mackswith]]&nbsp;– Engineer (Landsdowne Studios)
*Mike Weighell&nbsp;– Engineer (Landsdowne Studios)
==Chart positions==
===Album===
{|class="wikitable"
!Year
!Chart
!Position
|-
|1969
|''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Pop albums (''Billboard'' 200)
|
|-
|1969
|[[UK Albums Chart]]
|
|}
===Singles===
{|class="wikitable"
!Year
!Single
!Chart
!Position
|-
|1969
|"A Way of Life"
|[[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|
|-
|1969
|"A Way of Life"
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|No. 6
|-
|1969
|"Arizona"
|UK Singles Chart
|
|}
==References==
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[[Category:1969 debut albums]]
[[Category:The Family Dogg albums]]
[[Category:Bell Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Steve Rowland (record producer)]]
[[Category:Albums arranged by John Paul Jones (musician)]]
[[Category:Albums arranged by Big Jim Sullivan]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at IBC Studios]]