Overcoats (album)

Overcoats
Studio album by John Hiatt
Released	1975
Studio	American Studios, Nashville; The Village Recorder, Los Angeles
Genre	Rock
Length	39:59
Label	Epic
Producer	Glen Spreen
John Hiatt chronology
Hangin' Around the Observatory (1974) Overcoats (1975) Slug Line (1979)

Overcoats is singer-songwriter John Hiatt's second album, released in 1975 by Epic Records. ^[1] Like his debut album, this album was also produced by Glen Spreen. ^[2] The album failed to sell much copies, and thus Epic Records released Hiatt from his contract. ^[3] He would spend the next four years without a recording contract.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Christgau's Record Guide	B [5]
Record Collector	[6]
Record World	(unrated) [7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Hiatt.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"One More Time"	3:40
2.	"Smiling in the Rain"	4:19
3.	"I'm Tired of Your Stuff"	3:36
4.	"Distance"	3:34
5.	"Down Home"	3:11

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Overcoats"	6:50
2.	"I Want Your Love Inside of Me"	3:12
3.	"I Killed an Ant with My Guitar"	3:26
4.	"Motorboat to Heaven"	5:27
5.	"The Lady of the Night"	3:10
Total length:		39:59

Personnel

• John Hiatt – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, percussion, piano, vocals
• Ted Reynolds – bass guitar
• Larrie Londin – drums
• Shane Keister – piano, electric piano, Moog synthesizer, Fender Rhodes

with:

• John Huey – steel guitar on "Motorboat to Heaven" and "The Lady of the Night"
• Josh Graves – dobro on "Motorboat to Heaven" and "The Lady of the Night"
• Bobby Emmons – organ on "I'm Tired of Your Stuff"
• Gene Estes – marimba on "I Killed an Ant With My Guitar"
• Tracy Nelson, Anita Baugh, Dianne Davidson, Sadie – backing vocals on "Motorboat to Heaven"
• Samuel Boghossian – viola on "Distance"
• Allan Harshman – viola on "Distance"
• Jesse Ehrlich – cello on "Distance"
• Billy Puett – clarinet, flute, recorder, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Norman Ray – baritone saxophone
• Irving Kane – trombone
• George Tidwell – trumpet, horn arrangements

References

1. Ruhlmann, William. "Overcoats Review by William Ruhlmann". AllMusic .
2. "Record World Album Picks" (PDF). Record World . July 26, 1975. p. 22 – via World Radio History.
3. Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 446–447. ISBN   1-84195-017-3.
4. Ruhlmann, William. Overcoats at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
5. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: H". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 26, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
6. Jones, Tim. "Hangin' Around The Observatory/Overcoats John Hiatt". Record Collector .
7. "Record World Album Picks" (PDF). Record World – via World Radio History.
8. "RollingStone.com – John Hiatt Recordings". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on November 20, 2002. Retrieved May 17, 2022– via Wayback Machine.
9. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 378. ISBN   978-0-7432-0169-8.