What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits is the fourth studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers. The album was released on February 1, 1974, by Warner Bros. Records.
om Johnston’s “Another Park, Another Sunday” was chosen to be the album’s first single. “It’s about losing a girl,” stated Johnston. “I wrote the chords and played it on acoustic, and then Ted Templeman had some ideas for it, like running the guitars through Leslie speakers.” The song did moderately well on the charts, peaking at #32.
The second single released was “Eyes of Silver”, another Johnston penned tune. According to him, “Wordwise, that one really isn’t that spectacular. I wrote them at the last minute.” That song didn’t have much success on the charts either, peaking at only #52. Grasping for chart action, Warner Brothers re-released the band’s first single, “Nobody”, backed with Tiran Porter’s instrumental “Flying Cloud”. This release was soon overshadowed when radio stations discovered “Black Water”. Other stations joined in and the song was officially released as a single that went on to sell over a million copies and became the Doobie Brothers’ first #1 hit. “Black Water” had been featured as the B-side of “Another Park, Another Sunday” eight months earlier.
Tracks
1 Song To See You Through (Tom Johnston) 04:07
2 Spirit (Tom Johnston) 03:16
3 Pursuit on 53rd St. (Tom Johnston) 02:35
4 Black Water (Patrick Simmons) 04:21
5 Eyes of Silver (Tom Johnston) 03:00
6 Road Angel (The Doobie Brothers) 04:48
7 You Just Can’t Stop It (Patrick Simmons) 03:31
8 Tell Me What You Want (And I’ll Give You What You Need) (Patrick Simmons) 03:55
9 Down In The Track (Tom Johnston) 04:17
10 Another Park, Another Sunday (Tom Johnston) 04:31
11 Daughters Of The Sea (Patrick Simmons) 04:34
12 Flying Cloud (Tiran Porter) 01:59
The Band
Bass | Tiran Porter |
Drums | Michael Hossack |
Drums | John Hartman |
Guitar | Tom Johnston |
Guitar | Patrick Simmons |
Acoustic Guitar | Tom Johnston |
Acoustic Guitar | Patrick Simmons |
Autoharp | Arlo Guthrie |
Percussion | Ted Templeman |
Background Vocals | Keith Knudsen |
Vocals | Tom Johnston |
Vocals | Patrick Simmons |
Other Musicians
1 Song To See You Through
Organ | Bill Payne |
Horns | The Memphis Horns |
2 Spirit
3 Pursuit on 53rd St.
4 Black Water
Viola | Novi Novog |
Marimba | Milt Holland |
5 Eyes of Silver
Keyboards | Bill Payne |
Horns | The Memphis Horns |
6 Road Angel
7 You Just Can’t Stop It
Clavinet | Bill Payne |
Horns | The Memphis Horns |
Percussion | Eddie Guzman |
8 Tell Me What You Want (And I’ll Give You What You Need)
Guitar | Jeff Baxter |
Marimba | Milt Holland |
Tablas | Milt Holland |
9 Down In The Track
10 Another Park, Another Sunday
11 Daughters Of The Sea
Percussion | Eddie Guzman |
Percussion | Milt Holland |
12 Flying Cloud
Liner Notes
Producer – Ted Templeman
Arranged By (Horns) – Andrew Love, The Memphis Horns, Wayne Jackson
Engineer – Donn Landee
Engineer (Additional) – Lee Herschberg
Art Direction, Design – Chas Barbour
Photography – Dan Fong
Recorded At –Warner Bros. Studios
Recorded At The Burbank Studios
Mastered At Warner Bros. Studios
Phonographic Copyright Warner Bros Records
Copyright Warner Bros Records Inc