''Unclassified'' is the first studio album by

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. ''PopMatters'' magazine reviewed the album favourably, concluding that "the one quality that holds it all together is joyousness". It described the opening track, 'Going in the Right Direction', as "a gospel-tinged, two steppin’, inspirational, tune that simply burns". The single taken from the album, 'Soul Refreshing', was described as "a light-hearted, groovy, feel good-tune in the vein of

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Track listing

All songs written by Robert Randolph, except for where noted. # "Going in the Right Direction" – 3:32 # "I Need More Love" – 3:42 # "Nobody" – 4:32 # "Soul Refreshing" – 3:41 # "Squeeze" (Randolph, Danyel Morgan) – 5:46 # "Smile" – 4:53 # "Good Times (3 Stroke)" – 3:47 # "Why Should I Feel Lonely" (Randolph, Morgan) – 4:25 # "Calypso" (Randolph, John Ginty) – 4:07 # "Problems" (Randolph, Marcus Randolph, Ginty) – 4:24 # "Run for Your Life" – 4:53

Personnel

*Robert Randolph –

Pedal Steel Guitar The pedal steel guitar is a Console steel guitar, console-type of steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings to enable playing more varied and complex music than any previous steel guitar design. Like all s ...

, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals *

Neal Casal Neal Graeme Casal (November 2, 1968 – August 26, 2019) ...

– Vocals (background) *Rick Fowler – Duet vocal on "Smile" *

John Ginty John Ginty (born 1972) is an American organist, keyboard player, and session musician. He was a founding member of Robert Randolph's "Family Band", and is often seen guesting with such jamband luminaries as the Allman Brothers, Santana, Govt. Mul ...

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B-3 Organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

, Piano *Leon Mobley - Percussion *Danyel Morgan – Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Guitar (Electric), Vocals *Lenesha Randolph – Vocals (background), Duet vocal on "Smile" *Marcus Randolph – Drums *Candice Anderson – Vocals (background)

Production

*Mike Buckman – Art Direction, Design *

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– Photography *Gene Grimaldi – Mastering *Ryan Hewitt – Engineer *Chris Holmes – Assistant Engineer *

– Producer *Jim Scott – Producer, Engineer, Mixing

References

2003 debut albums Robert Randolph and the Family Band albums Warner Music Group live albums {{2003-rock-album-stub