Lost in the Ozone

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Lost in the Ozone
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1971
Recorded1971
VenueLong Branch Saloon (Ann Arbor), New Monk (Berkeley)
Studio Pacific High (San Francisco)
Genre
Length38:25
Label Paramount (original) [2]
MCA (reissue)
Producer Bob Cohen, George Frayne
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen chronology
Lost in the Ozone
(1971)
Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites
(1972)

Lost in the Ozone is an album by American rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. Their first album, it was released in 1971. it contains their hit cover version of "Hot Rod Lincoln" as well as the band's live staples "Lost in the Ozone" and "Seeds and Stems (Again)".

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Christgau's Record Guide B [1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Village Voice B− [5]

On AllMusic, Jana Pendragon said, "This is the monumental debut by one of insurgent country's pioneer bands. Playing with electric instruments, including the all important steel and fiddle, and a good dose of irreverence allowed the band to adhere to their own agenda. This first release was only a taste of the things to come." [3]

Robert Christgau said, "Cody takes the country-rock idea that good old boys form a secret counterculture to bleary new heights. Uprooted bozos who handle fast cars and hot music (or vice versa) a lot better than wimmin and booze, they're half at home in every renegade country tradition, rockabilly and Western swing and white boogie-woogie." [1]

Track listing

Side A
  1. "Back to Tennessee" (Billy C. Farlow, George Frayne) – 2:45
  2. "Wine Do Yer Stuff" (Farlow, Frayne) – 3:03
  3. "Seeds and Stems (Again)" (Farlow, Frayne) – 3:45
  4. "Daddy's Gonna Treat You Right" (Farlow) – 3:00
  5. "Family Bible" (Paul Buskirk, Walt Breeland, Claude Gray) – 3:39
  6. "Home in My Hand" (Ronnie Self) – 2:52
Side B
  1. "Lost in the Ozone" (Farlow) – 2:07
  2. "Midnight Shift" (Earl Lee, Jimmie Ainsworth,) – 2:27
  3. "Hot Rod Lincoln" (Charlie Ryan, W.S. Stevenson) – 2:44
  4. "What's the Matter Now?" [live] (Farlow) – 4:02
  5. "Twenty Flight Rock" [live] (Ned Fairchild) – 2:57
  6. "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" [live] (Don Raye, Hughie Prince, Eleanore Sheehy) – 5:08

Personnel

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

Production

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Album

Chart (1972)Peak
position
Canadian Top Albums [6] 75
Billboard 20082

Singles

TitleChart (1972)Peak
position
"Hot Rod Lincoln"Billboard Hot 100 9
Hot Country Songs 51
Canada (RPM) [7] 7
"Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar"Billboard Hot 100 81
Canada RPM [8] 82

Year-end charts

TitleChart (1972)Position
"Hot Rod Lincoln"Billboard Hot 100 69 [9]

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