Asylum Choir II

Asylum Choir II is the second and final album, after the 1968 debut Look Inside the Asylum Choir, of the studio aggregation consisting of Leon Russell and Marc Benno. It was recorded and expected to be released in 1969, but legal issues held up its release for two years. The 1990 digitally remastered CD re-release contains as bonus cuts all but three of the tracks from their first album.^[4][5]

Asylum Choir II
Studio album by The Asylum Choir
Released	November 15, 1971 (1971-11-15)
Recorded	February 1967 – April 1969
Studio	Skyhill, Hollywood
Length	33:52
Label	Shelter, The Right Stuff
Producer	Leon Russell, Marc Benno
Leon Russell chronology
Leon Russell and the Shelter People (1971) Asylum Choir II (1971) Carney (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Leon Russell and Marc Benno except where indicated

Side One

1. "Sweet Home Chicago" – 3:20
2. "Down on the Base" – 2:18
3. "Hello, Little Friend" (Russell) – 2:52
4. "Salty Candy" – 2:26
5. "Tryin' to Stay 'Live" – 2:50

Side Two

1. "Intro to Rita" – 2:07
2. "Straight Brother" – 3:08
3. "Learn How to Boogie" – 2:40
4. "Ballad for a Soldier" (Russell) – 4:25
5. "When You Wish upon a Fag" (Russell) – 4:10
6. "Lady in Waiting" (Russell) – 3:37

The CD re-issue contains the following bonus tracks:

1. "Welcome to Hollywood" – 2:35
2. "Death of the Flowers" (Russell, Benno, Greg Dempsey) – 2:08
3. "Icicle Star Tree" – 2:55
4. Medley: "N.Y. Op", "Land of Dog", "Henri the Clown" – 6:07
5. "Soul Food" (Russell, Benno, Bill Boatman, Jimmy Markham) – 2:05

Charts

Chart (1971/72)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6]	55
United States (Billboard 200)	70

Personnel

• Marc Benno – guitars, vocals
• Leon Russell – bass, guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals
• Jesse Ed Davis – guitars
• Chuck Blackwell – drums
• Carl Radle – bass
• Donald Dunn – bass