Release Yourself

Release Yourself is the second album by Graham Central Station, released in 1974. The cover photograph was taken at Old Saint Hilary's Church, Tiburon, California.^[3]

Release Yourself
Studio album by Graham Central Station
Released	September 1974
Recorded	1974
Studio	The Record Plant, Sausalito, California
Genre	Funk[1]
Length	37:40
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Larry Graham
Graham Central Station chronology
Graham Central Station (1974) Release Yourself (1974) Ain't No 'Bout-A-Doubt It (1975)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Larry Graham except where indicated.

Side One

No.	Title	Length
1.	"G.C.S."	3:24
2.	"Release Yourself"	4:44
3.	"Got To Go Through It To Get To It"	3:42
4.	"I Believe In You""	4:51

Side Two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"'Tis Your Kind of Music"		5:41
6.	"Hey Mr. Writer"		4:03
7.	"Feel the Need"	Abrim Tilmon	3:53
8.	"Today"		6:43

Personnel

Graham Central Station

• Larry Graham - bass, guitar, ARP synthesizer, tambourine, lead and backing vocals, cover concept
• Hershall "Happiness" Kennedy - horns, Clavinet, electric piano, tambourine, vocals
• Willie "Wild" Sparks - drums
• David "Dynamite" Vega - guitar
• Robert "Butch" Sam - organ, piano, tambourine, vocals
• Patryce "Choc'Let" Banks - drum programming [funk box], tambourine, vocals

Additional

• Emilio Castillo, Greg Adams, Lenny Pickett, Mic Gillette, Stephen Kupka - horns

Technical

• Tom Salisbury - cover design, photography

Charts

The album peaked at number twenty-two on the Billboard Top Soul Albums in 1974.

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums[4]	51
Billboard Top Soul Albums[4]	22

External links

• Graham Central Station-Release Yourself at Discogs
• Feel The Need - Graham Central Station on YouTube - live on Soul Train 1975