{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = Talk to the People | type = Album | artist = [[Les McCann]] | cover = Talk to the People.jpg | alt = | released = 1972 | recorded = March 30, 1972<br><small>Regent Sound Studios</small> | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Jazz]], [[soul music|Soul]] | length = 44:05 | label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]<br><small>SD 1619</small> | producer = [[Joel Dorn]] | chronology = [[Les McCann]] | prev_title = [[Invitation to Openness]] | prev_year = 1972 | next_title = [[Live at Montreux (Les McCann album)|Live at Montreux]] | next_year = 1973 }}
'''''Talk to the People''''' is an album by pianist [[Les McCann]] recorded in 1972 and released on the [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1600-series/#sd-1619 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series]. Retrieved March 8, 2016.</ref><ref>Freed., R. [http://users.rcn.com/bobfreed/www/lesdisco/a36.html Les McCann Discography]. Retrieved March 8, 2016.</ref>
==Reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]'' | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> }} [[Allmusic]] gives the album 4 stars, stating: "Although there are some weak links in this chain of tunes, the highs are sky-high, and they represent some of McCann's peak studio performances."<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Richard S. |last=Ginell |class=album |id=mw0000536606 |title=''Talk to the People'' – Review |accessdate=March 8, 2016}}</ref> == Track listing == ''All compositions by Les McCann except as indicated'' # "[[What's Going On (song)|What's Going On]]" ([[Renaldo Benson]], [[Al Cleveland]], [[Marvin Gaye]]) – 7:28 # "Shamading" – 3:41 # "Seems So Long" ([[Stevie Wonder]]) – 3:04 # "She's Here" – 5:54 # "North Carolina" – 9:20 # "Let It Lay" (Les McCann, Rev. Bee) – 5:22 # "Talk to the People" – 9:16
== Personnel == *[[Les McCann]] – piano, vocals *Keith Loving – guitar *[[Jimmy Rowser|James Rowser]] – [[double bass|bass]] *[[Donald Dean]] – drums *[[Buck Clarke]] – percussion *[[The Persuasions]] (track 1), [[Eugene McDaniels]] (tracks 3, 6 & 7), Susan McDaniels (tracks 3, 6 & 7), Sister Charlotte (tracks 3, 6 & 7), Billy Barnes (tracks 3, 6 & 7), Joel Dorn (tracks 3, 6 & 7) – [[background vocals]]
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