The Electrifying Eddie Harris

The Electrifying Eddie Harris
Studio album by
Eddie Harris
ReleasedEarly 1968
RecordedMarch 20, 1967
New York City
GenreSoul Jazz
Length35:17
LabelAtlantic
SD 1495
ProducerArif Mardin
Eddie Harris chronology
The Tender Storm
(1967) 		The Electrifying Eddie Harris
(1968) 		Plug Me In
(1968)

The Electrifying Eddie Harris is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1967 and released on the Atlantic label.[1][2]

Reception

The retrospective AllMusic review states "This is one of tenor saxophonist Eddie Harris' most famous and significant LPs... A classic date".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Chart performance

The album was a big commercial success, and brought Harris back onto the pop album charts for the first time since 1961.[4] It had seen cross-over appeal as well, reaching the jazz, R&B and pop album charts. Looking at the pop charts; the album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated April 13, 1968, peaking at No. 36 during a forty-one-week run on the chart.[4] It debuted on Cashbox magazine's Top 100 Albums chart in the issue dated April 6, 1968, peaking at No. 46 during a thirty-week run on the chart.[5] The album debuted on the Record World 100 Top LP's chart in the issue dated April 13, 1968,[6] and peaked at No. 42 during an eight-week run on the chart.[7] On the Jazz charts it reached chart-topping positions; No. 1 on Record World's Top 20 Jazz LP's for weeks,[8] No. 1 on Billboard's Best-Selling Jazz LP's, and no charting on Cashbox as no Jazz chart was published there.[9] The album remained on the Jazz charts into early 1969.[10] Only Billboard published an R&B album chart. The Electrifying Eddie Harris reached No. 2 on the magazine's Hot R&B LP's chart during a forty-five-week run on it, remaining his most successful album on the R&B charts.[11]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

  1. "Theme in Search of a Movie" (Charles Stepney) - 4:06
  2. "Listen Here" - 7:42
  3. "Judie's Theme" (Melvin Jackson) - 4:40
  4. "Sham Time" - 6:50
  5. "Spanish Bull" - 8:18
  6. "I Don't Want No One But You" - 3:41
  • Recorded in New York City on March 20, 1967

Personnel

Chart positions

Year Chart Peak
Position
1968 US Billboard Best-Selling Jazz LP's[9] 1
US Billboard Hot R&B LP's[11] 2
US Billboard Top LP's[4] 36
US Cashbox Top 100 Albums[5] 46
US Record World 100 Top LP's[7] 42
US Record World Top 20 Jazz LP's[8] 1

References

  1. ^ Atlantic Records discography accessed May 8, 2012
  2. ^ Eddie Harris discography, accessed June 22, 2017
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 8, 2012
  4. ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1945–1972. Record Research. p. 65. Retrieved February 13, 2026.
  5. ^ a b Hoffmann, Frank W. (1975). The Cash Box Album Charts, 1955–1974. Scarecrow Press. p. 158. Retrieved February 13, 2026.
  6. ^ "Record World 100 Top LP's" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 22, no. 1088. April 13, 1968. p. 29. Retrieved December 30, 2025 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  7. ^ a b "Record World 100 Top LP's" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 22, no. 1100. July 6, 1968. p. 28. Retrieved February 13, 2026 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  8. ^ a b "Record World Top 20 Jazz LP's" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 22, no. 1115. September 19, 1968. p. 137. Retrieved February 13, 2026 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  9. ^ a b Billboard magazine, 20 Best-Selling Jazz LP's: September 28, 1968 (Billboard Award) page 43. Retrieved February 13, 2026 via worldradiohistory.com
  10. ^ "Record World Top 20 Jazz LP's" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 23, no. 1126. January 4, 1969. p. 32. Retrieved February 13, 2026 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  11. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1999). Joel Whitburn's Top R & B albums, 1965-1998. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 82. ISBN 0898201349. Retrieved February 13, 2026.
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