Blood, Sweat & Tears is the second album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released on December 11, 1968. It was commercially successful, rising to the top of the U.S. charts for a collective seven weeks and yielding three successive Top 5 singles. It received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1970 and has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA with sales of more than four million units in the U.S. In Canada; it enjoyed four runs and altogether eight weeks at No. 1 on the RPM national album chart.
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie" (1st and 2nd Movements) | adapted from Trois Gymnopédies; arranged by Dick Halligan | October 9, 1968 | 2:35 |
| 2. | "Smiling Phases" | Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood | October 15, 1968 | 5:11 |
| 3. | "Sometimes in Winter" | Steve Katz | October 8, 1968 | 3:09 |
| 4. | "More and More" | Vee Pee Smith, Don Juan | October 15, 1968 | 3:04 |
| 5. | "And When I Die" | Laura Nyro | October 22, 1968 | 4:06 |
| 6. | "God Bless the Child" | Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.[6] | October 7, 1968 | 5:55 |
| Total length: | 20:56 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Spinning Wheel" | David Clayton-Thomas | October 9, 1968 | 4:08 |
| 8. | "You've Made Me So Very Happy" | Berry Gordy Jr., Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson[7] | October 16, 1968 | 4:19 |
| 9. | "Blues – Part II" | Blood, Sweat & Tears; interpolating "Sunshine of Your Love" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Eric Clapton), "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) and "Somethin' Goin' On" (Al Kooper) | October 22, 1968 | 11:44 |
| 10. | "Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie" (1st Movement) | adapted from Trois Gymnopédies; arranged by Dick Halligan | October 9, 1968 | 1:49 |
| Total length: | 22:00 | |||