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- Artist: John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
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- Release Date: September 01, 1967
- Total Time: 45:50
- Genre: Rock
Review
The final album of an (unintentional) trilogy, Crusade is most notable for the appearance of a very young, pre-Rolling Stones Mick Taylor on lead guitar. Taylor's performance is indeed the highlight, just as Eric Clapton and Peter Green's playing was on the previous album. The centerpiece of the album is a beautiful instrumental by Taylor titled "Snowy Wood," which, while wholly original, seems to combine both Green and Clapton's influence with great style and sensibility. The rest of the record, while very enjoyable, is standard blues-rock fare of the day, but somewhat behind the then-progressive flavor of 1967. Mayall, while being one of the great bandleaders of London, simply wasn't really the frontman that the group needed so desperately, especially then. Nevertheless, Crusade is important listening for Mick Taylor aficionados. ~ Matthew Greenwald, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Oh, Pretty Woman | (3:40) | ||
| Stand Back Baby | John Mayall | (1:50) | |
| My Time After Awhile | (5:15) | ||
| Snowy Wood | John Mayall, Mick Taylor | (3:41) | |
| Man of Stone | Eddie Kirkland | (2:29) | |
| Tears in My Eyes | John Mayall | (4:20) | |
| Driving Sideways | Sonny Thompson, Freddie King | (4:03) | |
| The Death of J.B. Lenoir | John Mayall | (4:27) | |
| I Can't Quit You Baby | Willie Dixon | (4:35) | |
| Streamline | John Mayall | (3:19) | |
| Me and My Woman | Gene Barge | (4:05) | |
| Checkin' Up on My Baby | Sonny Boy Williamson | (3:59) |
