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Hobo's Lullaby | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 1972 | |||
Recorded | October - December 1971 | |||
Genre | Folk, folk rock | |||
Length | 37:20 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Lenny Waronker, John Pilla | |||
Arlo Guthrie chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Billboard | (favorable) [2] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B+ [3] |
New York Times | (favorable) [4] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Hobo's Lullaby is an album by the American folk singer Arlo Guthrie. [5] It was released in 1972 on Reprise Records. It was re-released on Rising Son Records in 1997. The album contains Guthrie's only Top 40 hit, a cover of Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans".
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Anytime" | Herbert Lawson | 1:46 |
2. | "The City of New Orleans" | Steve Goodman | 4:31 |
3. | "Lightning Bar Blues" | Hoyt Axton | 2:47 |
4. | "Shackles and Chains" | Jimmie Davis | 2:49 |
5. | "1913 Massacre" | Woody Guthrie | 4:15 |
6. | "Somebody Turned on the Light" | Hoyt Axton | 3:13 |
7. | "Ukulele Lady" | Richard A. Whiting, Gus Kahn | 3:21 |
8. | "When the Ship Comes In" | Bob Dylan | 4:24 |
9. | "Mapleview (20%) Rag" | Arlo Guthrie | 2:05 |
10. | "Days Are Short" | Arlo Guthrie | 4:15 |
11. | "Hobo's Lullaby" | Goebel Reeves | 3:57 |
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