David Wiffen (album)

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David Wiffen
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1971
Recorded1971
Genre Country rock/Folk rock
Length29:00
Label Fantasy
Producer Ed Bogas
David Wiffen chronology
Live at The Bunkhouse
(1965)
David Wiffen
(1971)
Coast to Coast Fever
(1973)

David Wiffen is the first studio album and second solo album [1] by Canadian singer-songwriter David Wiffen. The standout tracks are "I've Got My Ticket", "Driving Wheel" and "More Often Than Not". As one reviewer recently commented, "Its complex arrangements sneak around behind seemingly simple songs which gives the whole thing an incredible depth. Stealing the show throughout is Wiffen's incredible baritone. It's smooth but fractured. It's the kind of voice you wish you had. ...As you'll never own his talent, buy the record and get lost in the wonder and heartbreak..." [2] "I've Got My Ticket" was inspired by Jerry Jeff Walker.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Wiffen; except where indicated

  1. "One Step" (Kaye Lawrence Dunham) – 2:33
  2. "Never Make a Dollar That Way" – 3:24
  3. "I've Got My Ticket" – 2:45
  4. "What a Lot of Woman" – 2:12
  5. "Since I Fell for You" (B.B. Johnson) – 3:28
  6. "Driving Wheel" – 4:24
  7. "Mr. Wiffen" – 2:50
  8. "Blues Was the Name of the Song" – 1:34
  9. "Mention My Name in Passing" – 2:20
  10. "More Often Than Not" – 3:30

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. The first being a live recording, David Wiffen Live at The Bunkhouse (1965).
  2. Lost Classic...David Wiffen Archived July 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Album review, November 2007; www.electricroulette.com.
  3. With whom Wiffen had previously played in The Children and 3's a Crowd.