By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Glen Campbell album)

By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Studio album by Glen Campbell
Released	November 1967
Recorded	1967
Studio	Capitol, Hollywood
Genre	Country, folk
Length	26:31
Label	Capitol/EMI
Producer	Al De Lory, Nick Venet
Glen Campbell chronology
Gentle on My Mind (1967) By the Time I Get to Phoenix (1967) Hey Little One (1968)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

By the Time I Get to Phoenix is the seventh album by American singer-guitarist Glen Campbell, released in November 1967 by Capitol Records.

In March 1969, the album won the Grammy for Album of the Year (for 1968), the first country album to do so. In February 1968, the album's lead single "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", released October 1967, won Grammys for both Best Vocal Performance, Male and Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance (for 1967). ^[2] In 2004, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame. ^{[3] [4]}

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"	Jimmy Webb	2:42
2.	"Homeward Bound"	Paul Simon	2:37
3.	"Tomorrow Never Comes"	Ernest Tubb, Johnny Bond	2:27
4.	"Cold December (In Your Heart)"	Alex Hassilev	2:27
5.	"My Baby's Gone"	Hazel Houser	2:50
6.	"Back in the Race"	Glen Campbell, Vic Dana	1:56

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hey Little One"	Dorsey Burnette, Barry De Vorzon	2:30
2.	"Bad Seed"	Bill Anderson	2:18
3.	"I'll Be Lucky Someday"	Lee Martin, Dick McBride, Bob Wills	2:24
4.	"You're Young and You'll Forget"	Jerry Reed	2:15
5.	"Love Is a Lonesome River"	Glen Campbell, Kella Christian	2:05
Total length:			26:31

Personnel

Music

• Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic guitar
• James Burton – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
• Joe Osborn – bass guitar
• Jim Gordon – drums
• Bud Shank – flute

Production

• Al De Lory – producer, arranger, conductor
• Nick Venet – producer ("Tomorrow Never Comes")
• Mort Garson – arranger ("Cold December" and "Bad Seed")
• Leon Russell – arranger ("My Baby's Gone")
• Jimmie Haskell – arranger ("Tomorrow Never Comes")
• Ed Simpson, Capitol Photo Studio – photography

Charts

Album – Billboard (United States)

Entry date	Chart	Peak position
12/30/1967	Billboard Country Albums	1
	Billboard Top LPs	15

Singles – Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Hot 100	Hot Country Singles	Easy Listening
1967	"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"	26	2	12
1968	"Hey Little One"	54	13	20

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Official Grammy website
3. Official Grammy website Archived June 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Grammy Hall of Fame Awards
4. Basham, David (February 28, 2002). "Got Charts? Expect 'O Brother' Sales Boost After Unexpected Win". MTV. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.