Whale Meat Again

AllMusic's retrospective review commented that the album was more focused on mood than Capaldi's debut, with longer songs built on soulful grooves "giving this album a funkier, open feel that lingers longer than the songs." In a review for the 2012 reissue of the album, Terry Stauntman of the British magazine Classic Rock remarked how this album "represents a further moving away from Traffic's sound and Capaldi marking out his own territory more forcefully". ==Track listing==

All tracks composed by Jim Capaldi except where indicated. ;Side one • "It's All Right" – 4:12 • "Whale Meat Again" – 4:33 • "Yellow Sun" – 7:16 • "I've Got So Much Lovin'" – 4:45 ;Side two • "Low Rider" – 5:40 • "My Brother" – 5:02 • "Summer Is Fading" – 8:30 [concept credited to Vivian Stanshall] • "We'll Meet Again" (Hughie Charles, Ross Parker) – 1:25 [Unlisted track] Two additional tracks were recorded in the same sessions. The first, an acoustic version of "Whale Meat Again", was released only on the B-side of the single "It's All Up to You" (from the album Short Cut Draw Blood). The second, "You & Me", was eventually released on the compilation album Koss. Capaldi also re-recorded "You & Me" with partially different lyrics and a new title, "The Contender", for his album of the same name. ==Personnel==

Musicians • Jim Capaldi – lead vocals ;Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (all tracks except on "Summer Is Fading") • Pete Carr – lead guitars • Jimmy Johnson – guitar • Barry Beckett – piano (except on "Whale Meat Again"), steel drum on "It's All Right" • David Hood – bass (except on "Yellow Sun") • Roger Hawkins – drums • Muscle Shoals Horns – horns (tracks 1–2, 4, 6) ;Additional musicians • Rabbit Bundrick – piano and organ on "Whale Meat Again" • Chris Stainton – organ on "Yellow Sun" • Jean Roussel – bass on "Yellow Sun", clavinet on "Low Rider" • Chris Stewart – fuzz bass on "My Brother" • Remi Kabaka – percussion on "Low Rider" • Steve Winwood – organ on "It's All Right" and "Summer Is Fading", bass on "Summer Is Fading" • Anthony "Bubs" White – guitars on "Summer Is Fading" • Gaspar Lawal – drums on "Summer Is Fading" • Derek Quinn – cabassa on "Summer Is Fading" • Rebop Kwaku Baah – conga on "Summer Is Fading" • Potato Smith – backing vocals on "It's All Right" and "Yellow Sun" • Laurence Peabody – backing vocals on "It's All Right" and "Yellow Sun" • Harry Robinson – string arrangements on "Yellow Sun" and "Low Rider" Technical • Jim Capaldi – producer • Howard Kilgour, Phil Brown, Steve Melton – engineers • Rhett Davies, Richard Elen – tape ops • Tony Wright – artwork, design • Richard Polack – front cover photography • Don Neff, Natalie Neff – back cover photography ==References==