Cowboy in Sweden

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Cowboy in Sweden
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Soundtrack album by
ReleasedSeptember 1970
Genre Country [1]
Length31:15
Label LHI
Producer Lee Hazlewood, David Anderle
Lee Hazlewood chronology
Forty
(1969)
Cowboy in Sweden
(1970)
Requiem for an Almost Lady
(1971)

Cowboy in Sweden is the soundtrack album to the 1970 television special of the same name starring Lee Hazlewood, released in 1970. [2] In 2016, the album was reissued by Light in the Attic Records with additional bonus tracks. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Flood Magazine8/10 [4]
Spectrum Culture3/5 [5]
Uncut 8/10 [6]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "At its core, it's a collection of country and cowboy tunes, much like the work he did with Nancy Sinatra, but the production is cinematic and psychedelic, creating a druggy, discombobulated sound like no other." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pray Them Bars Away" Lee Hazlewood 2:37
2."Leather & Lace"Hazlewood3:02
3."Forget Marie"Hazlewood1:59
4."Cold Hard Times"Hazlewood2:22
5."The Night Before"Len Moseley3:12
6."Hey Cowboy"Hazlewood3:17
7."No Train to Stockholm"Hazlewood2:17
8."For a Day Like Today"Hazlewood3:58
9."Easy and Me"Hazlewood2:47
10."What's More I Don't Need Her" Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett 3:29
11."Vem Kan Segla"Traditional, Hazlewood2:15
2016 reissue edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Me and the Wine and the City Lights"2:21
13."Easy and Me" (Alternate version)2:47
14."Pray Them Bars Away" (Alternate version)2:10

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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