Maria Muldaur (album)

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Maria Muldaur
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Studio album by
Maria Muldaur
ReleasedAugust 1973
StudioWarner Bros. Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre Folk, blues, rock
Length36:38
Label Reprise
Producer Joe Boyd, Lenny Waronker
Maria Muldaur chronology
Maria Muldaur
(1973)
Waitress in a Donut Shop
(1974)

Maria Muldaur is the 1973 debut studio album of musician Maria Muldaur. The album includes "Midnight at the Oasis", her best-known single, which charted at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 [1] and "Three Dollar Bill", which charted at #7 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. [2] The album, which peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200, [3] was certified gold by the RIAA on May 13, 1974. [4] The album is heavily influenced by country and blues. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Robert Christgau B+ [6]

The album was positively reviewed, and very positively in at least one case. Writing in October 1973, Rolling Stone's reviewer Jon Landau described the album as "one of the half-dozen best" of the year, "the kind of glorious breakthrough that reminds me why I fell in love with rock & roll." [7]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Any Old Time" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:45
  2. "Midnight at the Oasis" (David Nichtern) – 3:49
  3. "My Tennessee Mountain Home" (Dolly Parton) – 3:32
  4. "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song" (Nichtern) – 2:49
  5. "The Work Song" (Kate McGarrigle) – 4:04

Side Two

  1. "Don't You Feel My Leg (Don't You Get Me High)" (Blue Lu Barker, Danny Barker, J. Mayo Williams) – 2:48
  2. "Walkin' One and Only" (Dan Hicks) – 2:47
  3. "Long Hard Climb" (Ron Davies) – 3:03
  4. "Three Dollar Bill" (Mac Rebennack) – 3:58
  5. "Vaudeville Man" (Wendy Waldman) – 2:41
  6. "Mad Mad Me" (Wendy Waldman) – 3:13

Charts

Chart (1974)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [8] 30
United States (Billboard 200)3

Personnel

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