American Boy & Girl

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American Boy & Girl
American Boy & Girl.jpg
Studio album by
Garland Jeffreys
Released1979
Studio Record Plant, New York City
Genre Rock
Label A&M
Producer Garland Jeffreys
Garland Jeffreys chronology
One-Eyed Jack
(1978)		American Boy & Girl
(1979)		 Escape Artist
(1980)

American Boy & Girl is an album by Garland Jeffreys, released on A&M Records in 1979. [1] [2]

Contents

The album peaked at No. 151 on the Billboard 200. [3] "Matador" became a hit in Germany, reaching number 2 on the singles chart. It was also a top ten hit in Austria, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, and France. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Christgau's Record Guide B [6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]

The New York Times wrote that the album "projects a humanism that's affecting for its steadfast refusal to be fashionable." [9]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Garland Jeffreys

  1. "Livin' for Me" - 4:19
  2. "Bad Dream" - 2:44
  3. "City Kids" - 5:12
  4. "American Boy & Girl" - 3:52
  5. "Matador" - 4:38
  6. "Night of Living Dead" - 4:43
  7. "Bring Back the Love" - 3:28
  8. "Ship of Fools" - 3:00
  9. "Shoot the Moonlight Out" - 3:23
  10. "If Mao Could See Me Now" - 5:09

Personnel

The Mao Band

with:

Technical

References

  1. ↑ "Garland Jeffreys | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ "Jeffreys LP Reflects His Own Integrity". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 1, 1979 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Garland Jeffreys". Billboard.
  4. ↑ "Before Beck, there was Garland Jeffreys". Toronto Star. Arts. October 19, 2002. p. J4.
  5. ↑ "American Boy & Girl - Garland Jeffreys | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 27, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  7. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 607.
  8. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 365.
  9. ↑ Palmer, Robert (November 18, 1979). "Rock: Garland Jeffreys" – via NYTimes.com.
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