Split Coconut

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Split Coconut | type = Studio album | artist = Dave Mason | cover =Split Coconut.jpg | alt = | released = September 1975 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock | length = | label = Columbia | producer = Bruce Botnick, Dave Mason | prev_title = The Best Of Dave Mason | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = Certified Live | next_year = 1976 }}

'''''Split Coconut''''' is the fifth solo studio album by Dave Mason, released in October 1975. It was reissued on CD on the One Way label in 1995.

==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} <ref name="allmusic">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r12526}}</ref> }}

Allmusic's brief retrospective review called the album a major disappointment after Mason's first two albums for Columbia, claiming that the songs seem both hastily written and hastily recorded.<ref name="allmusic"/>

== Track listing == All songs by Dave Mason unless otherwise noted.

'''Side One''' # "Split Coconut" # "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" (Buddy Holly) # "You Can Lose It" (Dave Mason, Jim Krueger) # "She's a Friend" # "Save Your Love" '''Side Two''' # "Give Me a Reason Why" # "Two Guitar Lovers" (Maureen Gray) # "Sweet Music" # "Long Lost Friend"

==Personnel== *Dave Mason – vocals, guitar, slide guitar *Jim Krueger – guitar *Graham Nash – guitar, background vocals *Gerald Johnson – bass *Mark T. Jordan – organ, keyboards, clavinet *Jai Winding – organ, synthesizer, piano, keyboards *Rick Jaeger – drums *Emil Richards – percussion, marimba *The Manhattan Transfer – vocals, background vocals *David Crosby – vocals, background vocals

==Chart positions== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Chart !Position |- |1975 |''Billboard'' Pop Albums |27 |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:1975 albums Category:Dave Mason albums Category:Albums produced by Dave Mason Category:Albums produced by Bruce Botnick Category:Columbia Records albums