Orleans II is the second album from the soft rock band Orleans

Orleans (band)

Orleans is an American pop-rock band best known for its hits "Dance with Me" , "Still the One", from the album Waking and Dreaming and "Love Takes Time" . The group's name evolved from the music it was playing at the time of their formation, which was inspired by Louisiana artists such as Allen...

. Orleans II was originally released in Japan and Europe in 1974. ABC Records chose not to release the album in the United States because they did not see any hits on the album, and were subsequently dropped from ABC Records. Ironically, the label's parent company, the American Broadcasting Company

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

, would use the band's later song "Still the One" as part of a promotional campaign.

Track listing

All songs written by John Hall & Johanna Hall except noted.

1. "Let's Have A Good Time" - 5:14
2. "Dance with Me
   Dance with Me (Orleans song)
   Dance with Me is a song by American soft rock band Orleans. On July 19, 1975 it reached number 6 on Billboard's Hot 100 and stayed there for 18 weeks....
   
   " - 3:19
3. "Wake Up" - 2:46
4. "Let There Be Music" (Larry Hoppen & Johanna Hall) - 4:19
5. "The Last Song" - 3:45
6. "Sweet Johanna" - 5:16
7. "Sunset" (Wells Kelly) - 3:51
8. "Money" (Larry Hoppen) - 2:55
9. "The Breakdown" (R. Thomas, M. Price, & E. Floyd) - 8:39

Personnel

• John Hall - Guitars, Vocals
• Larry Hoppen - Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
• Lance Hoppen - Bass, Vocals
• Wells Kelly - Drums, Percussion, Vocals