Guy Clark (album)

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Guy Clark
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Studio album by
Released1978
Genre Country
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Guy Clark
Guy Clark chronology
Texas Cookin'
(1976)
Guy Clark
(1978)
The South Coast of Texas
(1981)

Guy Clark is the third studio album by the Texas singer-songwriter Guy Clark, released in 1978. [1] [2] It was his first on the Warner Bros. label. [3] "Fools for Each Other" reached No. 96 in the Billboard country singles chart.[ citation needed ]

Contents

The song "Fools for Each Other" was covered by Johnny Rodriguez in 1979, reaching no. 14 on the country charts for that year. It was also later included in the albums, The Platinum Collection , The Essential Guy Clark , and Craftsman . Another version was recorded in 1986 as a duet by Lynn Anderson and Ed Bruce, [4] which was included on Bruce's studio album, Night Things , peaking at No. 49 on the country charts as a single.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Record Collector wrote: "More experimental than the straight country of its predecessors, on which cellos and harpsichords dovetailed with more traditional Nashville instrumentation, Clark’s sly wit is in abundance on 'Comfort and Crazy' and 'Shade of All Greens'." [8]

Track listing

All songs written by Guy Clark except as noted.

  1. "Fool on the Roof"
  2. "Fools for Each Other"
  3. "Shade of All Greens"
  4. "Voilà, An American Dream" (Rodney Crowell)
  5. "One Paper Kid" (Walter Cowart)
  6. "In the Jailhouse Now" (Jimmie Rodgers)
  7. "Comfort and Crazy"
  8. "Don't You Take It Too Bad" (Townes Van Zandt)
  9. "Houston Kid"
  10. "Fool on the Roof Blues"

Personnel

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References

  1. "Guy Clark, American Songwriter: 1941–2016 « American Songwriter". May 17, 2016.
  2. Pickers and Poets: The Ruthlessly Poetic Singer-Songwriters of Texas. Texas A&M University Press. 2016. p. 45.
  3. Gray, Chris (December 30, 2016). "Houston Kid: Guy Clark in the Bayou City". Houston Press.
  4. Saviano, Tamara (November 8, 2016). "Read an Excerpt of the Guy Clark Biography, 'Without Getting Killed or Caught'". Acoustic Guitar.
  5. AllMusic review
  6. Marsh, Dave (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. p. 98.
  7. Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music. Virgin. p. 93.
  8. "An American Dream: 4 Classic Albums 1978–1992". Record Collector.