Merrimack County (album)

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Merrimack County
Tom Rush Merrimack.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1972
Recorded1972
Genre Country rock/Folk rock
Label Columbia
Producer Tom Rush
Tom Rush chronology
Wrong End of the Rainbow
(1970)
Merrimack County
(1972)
Ladies Love Outlaws
(1974)
Singles from Merrimack County
  1. "Mother Earth"
    Released: March 20, 1972
  2. "Kids These Days"
    Released: August 10, 1972
Professional ratings
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Merrimack County is the 1972 album from pioneer Folk rock musician Tom Rush. The standout tracks are "Mink Julip", "Mother Earth", "Jamaica, Say You Will", "Wind on the Water" and "Roll Away the Grey". The album was on the Billboard 200 chart for ten weeks and charted as high as #128 on June 3, 1972. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Kids These Days" (Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch) – 4:10
  2. "Mink Julip" (Tom Rush) – 2:25
  3. "Mother Earth" (Eric Kaz) – 2:36
  4. "Jamaica, Say You Will" (Jackson Browne) – 4:11
  5. "Merrimack County II" (Tom Rush, Trevor Veitch) – 2:46
  6. "Gypsy Boy" (Bob Carpenter) – 3:20
  7. "Wind on the Water" (Tom Rush) – 3:34
  8. "Roll Away the Grey" (Bob Carpenter) – 2:59
  9. "Seems the Songs" (Tom Rush) – 3:39
  10. "Gone Down River" (Tom Rush) – 4:16

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

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References

  1. Merrimack County at AllMusic
  2. "Billboard 200 - June 3, 1972". Billboard . Retrieved July 16, 2017.