Hobo's Lullaby (album)

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Hobo's Lullaby
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1972
RecordedOctober - December 1971
Genre Folk, folk rock
Length37:20
Label Reprise
Producer Lenny Waronker, John Pilla
Arlo Guthrie chronology
Washington County
(1970)
Hobo's Lullaby
(1972)
Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Billboard (favorable) [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [3]
New York Times (favorable) [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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".

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Anytime"Herbert Lawson1:46
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 Axton3:13
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 Guthrie2:05
10."Days Are Short"Arlo Guthrie4:15
11."Hobo's Lullaby" Goebel Reeves 3:57

Personnel

Production

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References

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  4. Mayer, Ira (1972-08-27). "The New Folk Singers—From Burns to Croce". The New York Times . New York. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  5. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 295.