Andrew Gold (album)

Andrew Gold
Studio album by Andrew Gold
Released	October 1975 (1975-10) [1] [2]
Recorded	The Sound Factory (Los Angeles, California).
Genre	Pop, pop rock
Length	34:23
Label	Asylum
Producer	Chuck Plotkin
Andrew Gold chronology
Andrew Gold (1975) What's Wrong with This Picture? (1976)

Andrew Gold is the first album by singer-songwriter Andrew Gold. It was released in October 1975 on Asylum Records. Linda Ronstadt, of whose band Gold was a member at the time, appears on the album.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music	[4]

Rolling Stone 's Stephen Holder said the album was "one of the year's most melodic" and "expresses, with warmth, humor and expertise, a special feeling for mid-Sixties rock." Holder notes that Gold "recaptures the essential spirit of 1964-65 Beatles music" and that his "ballads are as captivating as his rockers, if not more so." ^[5]

AllMusic's James Chrispell retrospectively said the album contains "[a]n abundance of riches." Noting "[t]here are great Beatlesque melodies here, as well as heartfelt love songs that are Gold's specialties." ^[3]

Covers

Leo Sayer covered "Endless Flight" on his 1976 Endless Flight album.

Track listing

All songs written by Andrew Gold, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That's Why I Love You"	Gold, Gene Garfin	3:11
2.	"Heartaches in Heartaches"		3:18
3.	"Love Hurts"		3:47
4.	"A Note from You"		2:48
5.	"Resting in Your Arms"		3:14
6.	"I'm a Gambler"		2:27
7.	"Endless Flight"		4:59
8.	"Hang My Picture Straight"		3:24
9.	"Ten Years Behind Me"		4:04
10.	"I'm Coming Home"		3:11

Bonus Tracks (Rhino/Edsel CD release)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Within a Word"	2:03
2.	"Sometime When a Man's on His Own"	2:47
3.	"Broken Pin Ball Machine"	3:15
4.	"To Be Someone"	4:17
5.	"Ten Years Behind Me" (demo)	4:08
6.	"Hang My Picture Straight" (live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1975)	3:07

Personnel

• Andrew Gold – vocals, electric piano (1), guitars (1-8, 10), bass (1, 3, 4, 8, 10), drums (1, 3, 4, 8, 10), percussion (1-8, 10), acoustic piano (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9), organ (3), marxophone (9)
• Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar (7)
• Kenny Edwards – backing vocals (1-6, 10), bass (2, 6, 7), lead guitar (5)
• Peter Bernstein – bass (5)
• Mike Botts – drums (2)
• Gene Garfin – backing vocals (1, 5, 10), drums (5)
• David Kemper – drums (6, 7)
• Bobby Keys – saxophones (4)
• Trevor Lawrence – saxophones (4)
• David Campbell – string arrangements and conductor
• Don Francisco – backing vocals (1, 4)
• Linda Ronstadt – backing vocals (2, 3)

Production

• Chuck Plotkin – producer
• Val Garay – engineer
• Michael Boshears – recording
• Jeff Hawks – assistant engineer
• Doug Sax – mastering
• The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
• Glen Christensen – art direction
• Tommy Steele – design
• Bill Imhoff – illustration
• Ken McGowan – photography

Charts

The single "That's Why I Love You" spent 5 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 beginning in January 1976, peaking at No. 68. ^[6]

References

1. Staff writer (September 30, 1975). "Call Quest". The Charlotte News. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
2. McNulty, Henry (November 2, 1975). "Of Gold, Who, Winter". The Hartford Courant. p. 16F – via Newspapers.com.
3. Chrispell, James. Andrew Gold at AllMusic. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
4. Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition , p. 538. Virgin Books, London. ISBN   1-85227-832-3
5. Holder, Stephen. "Andrew Gold Is Fab", Rolling Stone , December 4, 1975, p. 90.
6. "Andrew Gold | Biography, Music & News". Billboard .