Taught by Experts is the fourth studio album by Peter Allen, released in 1976. It spawned the hit "I Go to Rio". The album featured such musicians as Thom Rotella, Jerome Richardson, Lesley Gore and Dusty Springfield.
Track listing "Puttin' Out Roots" (Peter Allen) – 3:32 "She Loves to Hear the Music" (Allen, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:16 "Back Doors Crying" (Allen, Sager) – 4:46 "I Go to Rio" (Allen, Adrienne Anderson) – 3:17 "Planes" (Allen, Sager) – 3:05 "Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage" (Allen, Sager) – 5:08 "This Time Around" (Allen) – 3:15 "The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:30 "Harbour" (Allen) – 3:36 "(I've Been) Taught by Experts" (Allen, Hal Hackady) – 3:12 "Six-Thirty Sunday Morning/New York, I Don't Know About You" (Allen) – 5:01
Personnel Peter Allen - vocals, piano, electric piano Thom Rotella - acoustic guitar John Jarvis - organ Alan Estes - percussion Judy Elliot - backing vocals Chuck Domanico - bass, acoustic bass Jim Gordon - drums Jim Keltner - drums Marilyn Baker - violin Jerome Richardson - saxophone Herb Alpert - trumpet solo on "The More I See You" Lesley Gore - backing vocals Dusty Springfield - backing vocals Brenda Russell - backing vocals
Charts Chart (1976–1977)PeakpositionAustralian (Kent Music Report)11
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