Hi-De-Ho/The Battle/Lucretia MacEvil/Lucretia's Reprise/Fire & Rain/Lonesome Suzie/Symphony For The Devil - Sympathy For The Devil /He's A Runner/Somethin' Comin' On/40000 Headmen
The third album from jazz-rock ensemble Blood Sweat & Tears was a big commercial success. However, unlike the similar styled group Chicago they appear to be heavily reliant on cover songs. Includes the US No. 14 hit single Hi-De-Ho. (US:1 UK:14)
"Like its predecessor, a large bulk of the material on Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 is rearranged cover tunes, and very little is original material. The group manage to put their own spin on the tracks though, and you are never in doubt which artist it is you are listening to. The band's trademark brass rock sound is intact and you'll also be treated to musical elements from soul, R & B, jazz and classical music. Compared to its predecessor it is slightly more R & B influenced and a little less jazz-rock tinged."
"Its music from the 70s that uses elements of jazz and rock. Lead singer David Clayton-Thomas has an amazing voice, and can do a lot with the lyrics. A great mix of amazingly talented artists."
"Try to imagine some Vegas lounge singer buffoon backed by a horn section from a marching band and you pretty much get the idea of what Blood, Sweat and Tears third outing offers. Most of the tracks are covers, often with absurd arrangements and cheesy pretentious song suites (i.e. Symphony for the Devil/Sympathy for the Devil)."
"This is one simmering album for fans of the 70s horn rock sound - my personal favourite from B S & T. Though most of the tunes are cover songs, the arrangements are what make the album great. The horns are blowing like crazy (with an especially insane trumpet solo on Lucretia MacEvil), David Clayton Thomas is screaming, guitars are wailing... well, you get the idea."
"This one has a few good tunes mostly covers again though. There are way too many covers and not enough original material. Lucretia MacEvil is a good tune, however the radio has played it to death. Some of the covers range from OK to terrible, I'm talking particularly about Sympathy For The Devil, what a butcher's job."
"This is a very fine album which has a couple of radio hits, but those hits deserve to be heard in the context of this album. There are several interpretations of hits from other groups, but these covers are all extremely moving and, at times, revealing."
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