Carney is Leon Russell

Leon Russell

Claude Russell Bridges , known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music....

's third solo studio album, released in 1972. It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 and was the first for Russell to contain a hit single—"Tightrope" b/w ""This Masquerade

This Masquerade

"This Masquerade" is a song written by Leon Russell. The song appeared on the B-side of the single for Russell's 1972 hit "Tight Rope."The song has also been recorded by many other artists. Helen Reddy included it on her 1972 I am Woman album, and also included a live version on her 1978 Live in...

"—which reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 chart.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called "Tight Rope", the opening track, "…an excellent introduction to an off-kilter, confused, fascinating album." and said that the album "consolidates his two extremes, offering a side of fairly straightforward roots rock before delving headfirst into twisted psychedelia on the second side." Critic Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau is an American essayist, music journalist, and self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics".One of the earliest professional rock critics, Christgau is known for his terse capsule reviews, published since 1969 in his Consumer Guide columns...

 expressed similar sentiments, writing "Not the radical falloff some report—just slippage, the first side listenable and the second flaky."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Leon Russell; except where indicated

1. "Tight Rope" – 2:59
2. "Out in the Woods" – 3:35
3. "Me & Baby Jane" – 3:52
4. "Manhattan Island Serenade" (Russell, C.R. Bridges) – 3:25
5. "Cajun Love Song" (Russell, Eddie Miller) – 3:08
6. "Roller Derby" – 2:22
7. "Carney" – :47
8. "Acid Annapolis" – 2:47
9. "If the Shoe Fits" – 2:21
10. "My Cricket" – 2:55
11. "This Masquerade
    This Masquerade
    "This Masquerade" is a song written by Leon Russell. The song appeared on the B-side of the single for Russell's 1972 hit "Tight Rope."The song has also been recorded by many other artists. Helen Reddy included it on her 1972 I am Woman album, and also included a live version on her 1978 Live in...
    
    " – 4:22
12. "Magic Mirror" – 4:56

Personnel

• Leon Russell – vocals, guitar, bass, piano
• Don Preston
  Don Preston
  Donald Ward Preston also known as Dom DeWilde or Biff Debrie born September 21, 1932 in Flint, Michigan. Preston is an American jazz and rock and roll musician.-Biography:Preston was born into a family of musicians and began studying music at an early age...
  
   – guitar, vocals
• Carl Radle
  Carl Radle
  Carl Dean Radle was a bass guitarist who toured and recorded with many of the most influential recording artists of the late 1960s and 1970s...
  
   – bass
• Chuck Blackwell – drums
• Joey Cooper – guitar
• Jim Keltner
  Jim Keltner
  James Lee "Jim" Keltner is an American drummer known primarily for his session work. He has contributed to the work of many well-known artists...
  
   – drums

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	2