''Crazy Horses'' is the fourth studio album by the American singing group The Osmonds, released in 1972. It reached number 14 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart on December 23, 1972. Two singles were released in support of the album, "

Hold Her Tight "Hold Her Tight" is a song written by Alan Osmond, Wayne Osmond, and Merrill Osmond and released by The Osmonds on June 24, 1972. It was featured on their 1972 album, ''Crazy Horses''. The song reached No. 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on Aug ...

" and " Crazy Horses", both of which reached number 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart. It was certified Gold by the

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on January 24, 1973. Building upon the sound of the band's previous album, '' Phase III'', ''Crazy Horses'' is a

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and heavy metal album. Cited as particularly significant in the evolution of heavy metal music, author and music journalist Chuck Eddy ranked ''Crazy Horses'' as #66 in his 1991 book ''"The Five Hundred Best Heavy Metal Albums in the Universe"''. Merrill was the lead singer on most songs as he was the lead singer for the Osmonds. Jay was the lead on Crazy Horses with Alan, Wayne and Donny each taking a portions of the lead vocals on some of the songs.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond and Wayne Osmond except where noted.

Side 1

# "

" – 3:18 (March 17, 1972) # "Utah" (Merrill Osmond) – 2:20 (June 23, 1972) # "Girl" (Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond) – 3:38 (March 17, 1972) # "What Could It Be" (Alan Osmond) – 3:20 (March 17, 1972) # "We All Fall Down" (Alan Osmond,

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, Merrill Osmond, Wayne Osmond) – 2:55 (June 23, 1972) # "And You Love Me" (Wayne Osmond) – 3:40 (March 17, 1972)

Side 2

# " Crazy Horses" – 2:40 (June 23, 1972) # "Life is Hard Enough Without Goodbyes" – 3:45 (June 23, 1972) # "Hey, Mr. Taxi" – 3:05 (June 23, 1972) # "That's My Girl" (Alan Osmond) – 3:12 (May 3, 1972) # "Julie" – 3:14 (March 17, 1972) # "Big Finish" – 0:18 (June 23, 1972)

Personnel

*Producer: Alan Osmond, Michael Lloyd *Arranger (horns): Jim Horn (Tracks 2, 5, 7, 9) *Engineer: Ed Greene *Recorded at

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The Osmonds, ''Crazy Horses'' Credits
Retrieved February 25, 2015

Charts

Album

Singles

Certifications

References

1972 albums Hard rock albums by American artists Heavy metal albums by American artists The Osmonds albums MGM Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub