''Power in the Music'' is the fourteenth studio

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by the

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. The album was released in 1975 by

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. It is the last album to feature lead singer Burton Cummings, before he left The Guess Who in 1975 to pursue a solo career. The album features two singles: "Rosanne" (U.S. #105, Canada #55) and "When the Band Was Singin' ‘Shakin' All Over’" (U.S. #102). The lyrics of this 1975 song reference the Guess Who's 1965 hit "

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Release history

In addition to the usual two channel stereo version the album was also released by RCA in a four channel

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version on both LP and

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. The quad LP version used the

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system. The album was later released on CD by Iconoclassic with two bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Burton Cummings and Domenic Troiano. #"Down and Out Woman" – 3:37 #"Women" – 3:25 #"When the Band Was Singin' ‘

’" – 3:35 #"Dreams" – 4:45 #"Rich World/Poor World" – 6:20 #"Rosanne" – 4:17 #"Coors for Sunday" – 4:25 #"Shopping Bag Lady" – 5:40 #"Power in the Music" – 6:35 2014 Iconoclassic remaster bonus tracks: *10. "When the Band Was Singin' (Shakin' All Over)" (Rehearsal Take) – 4:54 *11. "Coors for Sunday" (Rehearsal Take), Medley: " Then I Kissed Her" (

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), " Johnny B. Goode" (

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), " Carol" (Berry), plus a snippet rehearsal take of "Shopping Bag Lady" – 13:38

Personnel

;The Guess Who * Burton Cummings – lead vocals, keyboards *

Domenic Troiano Domenic Michele Antonio Troiano (January 17, 1946 – May 25, 2005) was a Canadian guitarist and songwriter, best known as a member of Mandala, Bush, James Gang, and The Guess Who. He also recorded music for film and television, often made guest ...

– guitar, backing vocals * Bill Wallace – bass, backing vocals *

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– drums ;Additional personnel *Brian Christian – engineer *Jack Richardson – producerThe Guess Who, ''Power in the Music'' Credits
Retrieved March 18, 2015

Charts

Album Singles

References

{{Authority control 1975 albums The Guess Who albums Albums produced by Jack Richardson (record producer) RCA Victor albums