What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits

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What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits is the fourth studio album by American rock band the Doobie Brothers. The album was released on February 1, 1974, by Warner Bros. Records.

Recording and content

Tom Johnston's "Another Park, Another Sunday" was the album's first single. "It's about losing a girl," stated Johnston. "I wrote the chords and played it on acoustic, and then Ted [Templeman] had some ideas for it, like running the acoustic guitar through a Leslie." The song did moderately well on the charts, peaking at No. 32. Record World said that it was "more melodic and easy-tempoed [than previous Doobie Brothers' hits], in tune with the pastoral weekend setting."<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

The second single released was "Eyes of Silver", another Johnston-penned tune. According to him, "Wordwise, that one really isn't that spectacular. I wrote them at the last minute." Cash Box said that it was "very similar to their smash 'Listen To The MusicTemplate:'" and "features every lick the Doobies have featured in their great patented sound".<ref name=cb>Template:Cite news</ref> Record World said that the group was "back into their chuggin' folk-rock groove, fitting more easily into their 'Listen to the Music' bag".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> That song did not have much success on the charts either, peaking at only No. 52.

Grasping for chart action, Warner Brothers re-released the band's first single, "Nobody", backed with Tiran Porter's instrumental "Flying Cloud". This release was soon overshadowed when radio stations discovered "Black Water". Other stations joined in and the song was officially released as a single that went on to sell over a million copies and became the Doobie Brothers' first No. 1 hit.<ref name="Box Set">Template:Cite AV media notes</ref> "Black Water" had been featured as the B-side of "Another Park, Another Sunday" eight months earlier.

Artwork

The unusual lettering on the album cover was suggested by drummer John Hartman after visiting his high school alma mater, J.E.B. Stuart in Falls Church, Virginia. The school's newspaper, Raiders Digest, had just changed its masthead to include those stylized fonts. The cover photo is by Dan Fong, their touring Media Coordinator. The cover photo was taken at a concert on December 4, 1973, at E.A. Diddle Arena, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He also did the cover photo for their album Takin' It to the Streets.

Personnel

The Doobie Brothers

• Tom Johnston – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
• Patrick Simmons – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
• Tiran Porter – backing vocals, bass
• John Hartman – drums, percussion
• Michael Hossack – drumsTemplate:Refn
• Keith Knudsen – drums Template:Small, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – pedal steel guitar on "Tell Me What You Want"
• Bill Payne – organ on "Song to See You Through" and "Eyes of Silver", piano on "Pursuit on 53rd St.", clavinet on "You Just Can't Stop It"
• James Booker – piano on "Down in the Track"
• Arlo Guthrie – autoharp on "Tell Me What You Want"<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Eddie Guzman – congas on "Road Angel", "You Just Can't Stop It" and "Daughters of the Sea", timbales on "Daughters of the Sea", and various other percussion instruments
• Milt Holland – tabla on "Tell Me What You Want", vibraphone on "Black Water", "Tell Me What You Want" and "Another Park, Another Sunday", marimba and pandeiro on "Daughters of the Sea", and various other percussion instruments
• The Memphis Horns – horns on "Song to See You Through", "Eyes of Silver" and "You Just Can't Stop It"
  • Wayne Jackson – trumpet
  • Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
  • James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
  • Jack Hale – trombone
• Novi Novog – viola on "Spirit" and "Black Water"
• Ted Templeman – additional percussion
• uncredited – synthesizer on "Flying Cloud"

Production

• Producer: Ted Templeman
• Production Coordination: Benita Brazier, The Doobie Brothers
• Engineer: Donn Landee, Lee Herschberg
• Mastering: Lee Herschberg
• Horn Arrangements: Andrew Love and Wayne Jackson with the Memphis Horns
• Cover Design and Art Direction: Chas Barbour
• Photography: Dan Fong

Charts

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Chart (1974)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>Template:Cite book</ref>	24
Canada (RPM)<ref name="RPM">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	13
New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref name="NZ">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	17
US (Billboard 200)<ref name="BBA">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	4