Blood, Sweat & Tears: Blood, Sweat & Tears 3

Blood, Sweat & Tears had a hard act to follow in recording their third album. Nevertheless, BS&T constructed a convincing, if not quite as impressive, companion to their previous hit. David Clayton-Thomas remained an enthusiastic blues shouter, and the band still managed to put together lively arrangements, especially on the Top 40 hits "Hi-De-Ho" and "Lucretia Mac Evil." Elsewhere, they recreated the previous album's jazzing up of Laura Nyro ("He's a Runner") and Traffic ("40,000 Headmen"), although their pretentiousness, on the extended "Symphony/Sympathy for the Devil," and their tendency to borrow other artists' better-known material (James Taylor's "Fire and Rain") rather than generating more of their own, were warning signs for the future. In the meantime, BS&T 3 was another chart-topping gold hit.
-- William Ruhlmann, All-Music Guide

Includes a cover of Richard Manuel's "Lonesome Suzie", also available on BS&T's compilations.

Tracks

1. Hi-De-Ho (Goffin,Gerry/King,Carole)
2. Battle (Halligan,D./Katz,Steve)
3. Lucretia Macevil (Clayton-Thomas,David)
4. Lucretia's Reprise (Blood,Sweat and Tears)
5. Fire and Rain (Taylor,James)
6. Lonesome Suzie (Manuel,Richard)
7. Symphony for the Devil/Sympathy for the Devil: I. Emergence-A. Fanfar (Halligan,Dick/Jagger,Mick)
8. He's a Runner (Nyro,Laura)
9. Somethin' Comin' On (Cocker,Joe/Stainton,Chris)
10. 40,000 Headmen (Capaldi,Jim/Winwood,Steve)