''Take My Own Advice'' was the sixth album released by Canadian singer-songwriter

Willie P. Bennett William Patrick "Willie P." Bennett (26 October 1951 – 15 February 2008) was a Canadian folk music, folk-music singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and mandolinist. Bennett was part of the 1970s folk music scene in Canada, and wrote and recorded ...

and was released on

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by Dark Light Records in

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(DL 12003), the same label that had previously issued his compilation album ''

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''. The title track is a re-recording of a song from Bennett's 1979 album '' Blackie and the Rodeo King''.

Track listing

# "L.A.D.T. (Livin' in a Dirty Town)" (6:14) # "Jukebox" (3:14) # "(If I Could) Take My Own Advice" (3:06) # "Step Away" (4:59) # "You Care" (4:44) # "Sometimes It Comes So Easy" (4:18) # "Katie's Tune" (3:17) # "Breaking the Silence" (3:44) # "Blood Brother" (5:06) # "Push On" (4:39) # "Red Dress" (2:06) # "Why'd I Go Zydeco" (instrumental) (2:06) All words and music by

, all songs published by Eiffel Dog Publishing.

Personnel

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* Mike Holder -

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* Denis Pendrith - bass * Ken Harrison - organ * Ed White - drums * Jeff Arsenault - drums ("Red Dress", "Zydeco", "Sometimes...", "Jukebox" and "Breaking the Silence") *

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- acoustic, electric and slide guitar,

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- harmony vocal ;\technical * Produced by Peter J. Moore * Recorded by Simon Less with the MDI 24 track digital remote * Mixed by Simon Less and Peter J. Moore (MDI studios, Toronto, Ontario) * Mastered by Peter J. Moore with the sonic solutions at the "E" room, Toronto, Ontario {{Authority control 1993 albums Willie P. Bennett albums