Cowboy in Sweden

Cowboy in Sweden
Soundtrack album by Lee Hazlewood
Released	September 1970
Genre	Country [1]
Length	31:15
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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Flood Magazine	8/10 [4]
Spectrum Culture	3/5 [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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pray Them Bars Away"	Lee Hazlewood	2:37
2.	"Leather & Lace"	Hazlewood	3:02
3.	"Forget Marie"	Hazlewood	1:59
4.	"Cold Hard Times"	Hazlewood	2:22
5.	"The Night Before"	Len Moseley	3:12
6.	"Hey Cowboy"	Hazlewood	3:17
7.	"No Train to Stockholm"	Hazlewood	2:17
8.	"For a Day Like Today"	Hazlewood	3:58
9.	"Easy and Me"	Hazlewood	2:47
10.	"What's More I Don't Need Her"	Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett	3:29
11.	"Vem Kan Segla"	Traditional, Hazlewood	2:15

2016 reissue edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
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.

• Lee Hazlewood – vocals, arrangement, production
• Nina Lizell – vocals (2, 6, 11)
• Suzi Jane Hokom – vocals (8)
• Johnny Arthy – arrangement
• Craig Doerge – arrangement
• Clark Gassman – arrangement
• Lars Samuelsson – arrangement
• David Whitaker – arrangement
• David Anderle – production (7)
• Larry Marks – associate production
• Donnie Owens – associate production
• Jack Robinson – associate production
• Shel Talmy – associate production
• Mickey Crofford – engineering
• Eddie Brackett – engineering

References

1. Inman, Davis (September 20, 2012). "Where to start with the original psychedelic cowboy, Lee Hazlewood". The A.V. Club . Retrieved January 29, 2019.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Cowboy in Sweden - Lee Hazlewood". AllMusic . Retrieved January 29, 2019.
3. Thiessen, Brock (October 18, 2016). "Lee Hazlewood's 'Cowboy in Sweden' Treated to Expanded and Remastered Reissue". Exclaim! . Retrieved January 29, 2019.
4. Pruett, Jon (November 23, 2016). "Lee Hazlewood, "Cowboy in Sweden" (reissue)". Flood Magazine. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
5. Beaudoin, Jedd (January 18, 2017). "Lee Hazlewood: Cowboy in Sweden". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
6. Anderson, Jason (January 6, 2017). "Lee Hazlewood – Cowboy In Sweden". Uncut . Retrieved January 29, 2019.

External links

• Cowboy in Sweden at Discogs (list of releases)
• Cowboy in Sweden at MusicBrainz (list of releases)