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

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
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

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

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