Arlo Guthrie (album)

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Arlo Guthrie
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Released1974
Genre Folk
Length31:03
Label Reprise/Rising Son
Producer Lenny Waronker, John Pilla
Arlo Guthrie chronology
Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys
(1973)
Arlo Guthrie
(1974)
Together in Concert
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Christgau's Record Guide B+ [2]

Arlo Guthrie is a 1974 album by the folk singer Arlo Guthrie.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Arlo Guthrie; except where indicated

  1. "Won't Be Long"
  2. "Presidential Rag"
  3. "Deportees" (Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman)
  4. "Children of Abraham"
  5. "Nostalgia Rag"
  6. "When the Cactus Is in Bloom" (Jimmie Rodgers)
  7. "Me and My Goose"
  8. "Bling Blang" (Woody Guthrie, from Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child )
  9. "Go Down Moses" (traditional, arranged by Arlo Guthrie)
  10. "Hard Times"
  11. "Last to Leave"

Personnel

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References

  1. Hartenbach, Bratt. Arlo Guthrie at AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.