Nils Lofgren (album)

Last updated

Nils Lofgren
Nils Lofgren-Nils Lofgren (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1975
Recorded1974–1975
Studio Sound City, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Roots rock, heartland rock
Length35:27
Label A&M
Rykodisc (1990 reissue)
Hip-O Select (2007 reissue)
Producer
Nils Lofgren chronology
Nils Lofgren
(1975)
Back It Up!!
(1975)
Singles from Nils Lofgren
  1. "I Don't Want to Know"
    Released: 1975 (UK only)
  2. "Back It Up"
    Released: June 6, 1975
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
The Village Voice B+ [2]

Nils Lofgren, also known as the "Fat Man Album", is a 1975 album by the American musician Nils Lofgren. It was his first solo album, following the breakup of his group, Grin.

Contents

The album was critically praised at the time of its release, most notably in a 1975 Rolling Stone review by Jon Landau. The 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide said it was a "tour de force of unquenchable vitality and disarming subtlety." In 2007, nearly 32 years after the release of Nils Lofgren, the album was again praised by Rolling Stone in the "Fricke's Picks" column, where David Fricke said it was one of 1975's best albums. [3] The album was on the Billboard 200 chart for nine weeks and peaked at number 141 on May 10, 1975. [4]

In 2007, the album was re-mastered and rereleased by Hip-O Select.

The circus billboard that appears on the cover of this album also appears in an episode of The Monkees, "The Monkees at the Circus", season 1, episode 22. [5]

Track listing

All songs by Nils Lofgren except where noted.

  1. "Be Good Tonight" – 0:50
  2. "Back It Up" – 2:23
  3. "One More Saturday Night" – 3:09
  4. "If I Say It, It's So" – 3:00
  5. "I Don't Want to Know" – 2:45
  6. "Keith Don't Go (Ode to the Glimmer Twin)" – 4:23
  7. "Can't Buy a Break" – 3:19
  8. "Duty" – 2:57
  9. "The Sun Hasn't Set on This Boy Yet" – 2:48
  10. "Rock and Roll Crook" – 2:55
  11. "Two by Two" – 3:07
  12. "Goin' Back" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:51

Personnel

Musicians

Production

References

  1. Deming, Mark. Nils Lofgren at AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert (March 17, 1975). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  3. "Fricke's Picks: Nils Lofgren, Stefano Bollani and Southern Culture on the Skids". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 7, 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  4. "Billboard 200 – May 10, 1975" . Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  5. "The Monkees (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)". epguides.com. Retrieved October 9, 2017.