O'Keefe (album)

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O'Keefe
OKeefe Danny Okeefe.jpg
Studio album by
Released1972
Genre Pop, rock
Length38:39
Label Signpost Records/Atlantic
Producer Arif Mardin
Danny O'Keefe chronology
Danny O'Keefe
(1970)
O'Keefe
(1972)
Breezy Stories
(1973)

O'Keefe is an album by singer-songwriter Danny O'Keefe, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music). It peaked at #87 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. The lead-off single was "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" (a re-recording of a song O'Keefe had first recorded for his self-titled debut album two years earlier), which reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was covered by numerous artists. "The Road" was covered by Jackson Browne on his album Running on Empty . O'Keefe was reissued in 2006 on the Wounded Bird label.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christgau's Record Guide B [2]

Thom Jurek states in his Allmusic review: "O'Keefe is utterly solid, so completely diverse and tight; it's a forgotten masterpiece."

Track listing

All songs by Danny O'Keefe unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" – 3:00
  2. "Shooting Star" – 2:39
  3. "The Question (Obviously)" – 3:39
  4. "Honky Tonkin'" (Hank Williams) – 2:49
  5. "The Road" – 3:49
  6. "Grease It" – 3:16
  7. "An American Dream" – 5:14
  8. "Louie the Hook vs. the Preacher" – 3:37
  9. "The Valentine Pieces" – 3:17
  10. "I'm Sober Now" – 2:45
  11. "Roseland Taxi Dancer" – 2:47
  12. "I Know You Really Love Me" – 0:59

Personnel

Production notes:

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References

  1. Jurek, Thom. "O'Keefe > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: O". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 10, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.