# Rita Coolidge (album)

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+ |
Rita Coolidge is the self-titled debut album by Rita Coolidge.

## Track listing
### Side one

* "That Man Is My Weakness" (Donna Weiss, Craig Doerge) – 3:50
* "Second Story Window" (Marc Benno) – 3:00
* "Crazy Love" (Van Morrison) – 3:35
* "The Happy Song" (Otis Redding, Steve Cropper) – 3:50
* "Seven Bridges Road" (Steve Young) – 5:55

### Side two

* "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Booker T. Jones, William Bell) – 4:10
* "Ain't That Peculiar" (William Robinson, Pete Moore, Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin) – 4:02
* "I Always Called Them Mountains" (Marc Benno) – 3:47
* "Mud Island" (Donna Weiss, Mary Unobsky) – 4:28
* "I Believe in You" (Neil Young) – 3:10

## Album notes

"That Man Is My Weakness"
* Leon Russell – piano, organ
* Spooner Oldham – electric piano
* Clarence White – guitar
* Marc Benno – guitar
* Chris Ethridge – bass guitar
* Jim Keltner – drums
"Second Story Window"
* Stephen Stills – acoustic guitar
* Booker T. Jones – bass guitar
* Jim Keltner – percussion
"Crazy Love"
* Booker T. Jones – piano, organ
* Stephen Stills – guitar
* Bobby Womack – guitar
* Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar
* Jim Keltner – drums
* Bobbye Hall Porter – tambourine
"The Happy Song"
* Booker T. Jones – organ
* Spooner Oldham – electric piano
* Clarence White – guitar
* Jerry McGee – guitar
* Chris Ethridge – bass guitar
* Jim Keltner – drums
* Bobbye Hall Porter – tambourine
"Seven Bridges Road"
* Booker T. Jones – piano
* Spooner Oldham – organ
* Clarence White – acoustic guitar
* Jerry McGee – Dobro, electric sitar
* Chris Ethridge – bass guitar
* Jim Keltner – drums
* Bobbye Hall Porter – bongos
* Plas Johnson – alto saxophone
"Born Under a Bad Sign"
* Booker T. Jones – electric piano
* Spooner Oldham – organ
* Clarence White – guitar
* Ry Cooder – bottleneck guitar
* Chris Ethridge – bass guitar
* Jim Keltner – drums
* Bobbye Hall Porter – congas
* Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone
"Ain't That Peculiar"
* Booker T. Jones – electric piano
* Clarence White – guitar
* Jerry McGee – guitar
* Chris Ethridge – bass guitar
* Jim Keltner – drums
* Bobbye Hall Porter – tambourine, congas
"(I Always Called Them) Mountains"
* Clarence White – guitar
* Jerry Mcgee – acoustic guitar
* Spooner Oldham – organ, piano
* Chris Ethridge – bass
* Jim Keltner – drums
"Mud Island"
* Booker T. Jones – organ, guitar
* Spooner Oldham – electric piano
* Clarence White – guitar
* Ry Cooder – bottleneck guitar
* Fuzzy Samuels – bass guitar
* Jim Keltner – drums, percussion
* Bobbye Hall Porter – tambourine, congas
"I Believe in You"
* Spooner Oldham – electric piano
* Clarence White – acoustic guitar
* Jerry McGee – acoustic guitar
* Booker T. Jones – bass guitar
* Jim Keltner – drums
Horns
* Jim Horn – baritone, alto & tenor saxophone
* John Kelson – tenor saxophone & bass clarinet
* Don Menza – tenor & alto saxophone & bass clarinet
* Clifford Scott – tenor saxophone
* Peter Christlieb – tenor saxophone
* Plas Johnson – tenor & alto saxophone
* George Bohanon – trombone & baritone horn
* Lew McCreary – trombone
* Ernie Tack – trombone
* Jack Redmond – trombone
* Dick Hyde – trombone
* Oliver Mitchell – trumpet & Flugal horn
* Charles Findley – trumpet & Flugal horn
* Al Aarons – trumpet & Flugal horn
* Dalton Smith – trumpet & Flugal horn
* Vincent DeRosa – French horn
* Bill Hinshaw – French horn
* Arthur Maebe – French horn
* David Duke – French horn
Strings
* Jesse Ehrlich – cello
* Jerome Kessler – cello
* Leonard Malarsky – violin
* William Kurasch – violin
* Wilbert Nutycomb – violin
* James Getzoff – violin
* Harry Bluestone – violin
* Ralph Schaeffer – violin
* Gareth Nuttycombe – viola
* Samuel Boghossian – viola
Background vocals
* The Blackberries – Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Sherlie Matthews, Priscilla Coolidge, Donna Weiss, and Rita Coolidge with Graham Nash, Bob Segarini and Randy Bishop on "Crazy Love"
* Arranger: String and Horn Arrangements by Booker T. Jones with the exception of "Ain't That Peculiar", "Born Under a Bad Sign", and "That Man Is My Weakness" arranged by Jim Horn and his Dynamite Horn Section
* Engineer: Bruce Botnick
* Recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders
* Cover Photograph: Joel Bernstein
* Art Direction: Roland Young

## Charts

| Chart (1971) | Position |
| US Billboard 200 | 105 |