# Something Else Again

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Something Else Again
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Richie Havens](/source/Richie_Havens)
| cover      = Something Else Again Havens.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = January 1968
| recorded   = September 8 & 20, 1967
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Folk](/source/Folk_music), jazz, singer-songwriter
| length     = 43:34
| label      = [Verve](/source/Verve_Records)
| producer   = John Court
| prev_title = [Mixed Bag](/source/Mixed_Bag)
| prev_year  = 1966
| next_title = [Richard P. Havens, 1983](/source/Richard_P._Havens%2C_1983)
| next_year  = 1969
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=AM>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r62112/review|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
| rev2 = ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)''
|rev2score = (Favorable)<ref>''Rolling Stone''. Vol 1. No. 4, January 20, 1968, p. 20</ref>
}}

'''''Something Else Again''''' is the second studio album by American [folk](/source/folk_music) singer and guitarist [Richie Havens](/source/Richie_Havens), released in January 1968.<ref name=AM/> The track "Run, Shaker Life" was based on a [Shaker](/source/Shakers) dance song by elder [Issachar Bates](/source/Issachar_Bates)<ref>[https://www.americanmusicpreservation.com/IssacharBatesShakerLife.htm Song Comparison: "Come Life, Shaker Life" and "Run, Shaker Life"]. ''AmericanMusicPreservation.com''. Retrieved April 26, 2013.</ref> and reworked from Havens' old band, the Last Men, who reunited for this recording.<ref>"Havens' New Album". ''Rolling Stone''. Vol. 1 No. 2, November 23, 1967.</ref> "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" was later recorded by Canadian jazz-rock band [Lighthouse](/source/Lighthouse) on its first album in 1969 and reworked by [Yes](/source/Yes_(band)) on its second album, ''[Time and a Word](/source/Time_and_a_Word)''.

== Track listing ==
# "No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed" (Richie Havens) – 2:58
# "Inside of Him" (Havens) – 4:26
# "The Klan" ("Alan Grey, David Grey," pseudonyms for [Alan Arkin](/source/Alan_Arkin) and [David I. Arkin](/source/David_I._Arkin)) – 4:31
# "Sugarplums" – 2:54
# "Don't Listen to Me" (Havens) – 4:27
# "From the Prison" ([Jerry Merrick](/source/Jerry_Merrick)) – 3:37
# "[Maggie's Farm](/source/Maggie's_Farm)" ([Bob Dylan](/source/Bob_Dylan)) – 4:38
# "Something Else Again" – 7:30
# "New City" (Havens, John Court) – 2:47
# "Run, Shaker Life" (Havens, Joe Price, Mark Roth) – 5:46

==Personnel==
* [Richie Havens](/source/Richie_Havens) – vocals, guitar, sitar, tamboura
*[Warren Bernhardt](/source/Warren_Bernhardt) – organ, piano, clavinet
*Denny Gerrard – bass on "Run, Shaker Life"
*Don Payne – bass
*Adrian Guillery – guitar
*Paul "Dino" Williams – guitar, chant on "Run, Shaker Life"
*Daniel Ben Zebulon – conga, drums, chant on "Run, Shaker Life"
*[Eddie Gómez](/source/Eddie_G%C3%B3mez_(musician)) – double bass
*Donald MacDonald – drums
*[Skip Prokop](/source/Skip_Prokop) – drums on "Run, Shaker Life"
*Jeremy Steig – flute
*John Blair – violin on "Inside of Him"
;Technical
*[Val Valentin](/source/Val_Valentin) – director of engineering
*Jerry Schoenbaum – production supervision

== Charts ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! year !! chart !! peak
|-
| 1968 || ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' Pop Albums || 184
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Richie Havens}}

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Category:1968 albums
Category:Richie Havens albums
Category:Verve Records albums

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