The Inside Story (album)

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The Inside Story
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1979
RecordedFebruary 1979
Studio Cherokee Recording Studios, Hollywood
Genre Jazz, rock
Length43:32
Label Elektra
Producer Steve Cropper
Robben Ford chronology
Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford Live
(1976)
The Inside Story
(1979)
Love's a Heartache
(1983)

The Inside Story is a 1979 studio album by Robben Ford. [1] [2] Ford supported the album with a North American tour. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Lincoln Journal Star called the album "enjoyable and distinctive," writing that it rises above "'studio player' anonymity." [5] The Spokesman-Review called Ford "a virtuoso electric guitarist with his feet nicely placed in both the jazz and rock camps." [6]

Track listing

All songs written by Robben Ford except where noted

  1. "Magic Sam" – 5:53
  2. "For the One I Love" – 4:22
  3. "North Carolina" – 4:38
  4. "There's No One Else" (Ford, Russell Ferrante) – 6:52
  5. "The Inside Story" (Ford, Russell Ferrante) – 5:30
  6. "Need Somebody" (Gordon Edwards, Richard Tee)
  7. "Far Away" – 5:40
  8. "Tee Time for Eric" – 5:09 [4]

Personnel

Technical

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References

  1. "The Yellowjackets". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. 2 June 1985. p. 10.
  2. "Hot Notes". San Francisco Examiner. 22 Dec 1978. p. 26.
  3. Kathman, Christopher (15 Feb 1979). "Scoring the Clubs". LA Weekly. p. 13.
  4. 1 2 "The Inside Story - Robben Ford | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  5. Becker, Bart (21 Feb 1979). "Matter of Record". Lincoln Journal Star. p. 29.
  6. Sowa, Tom (23 Feb 1979). "For the Record". The Spokesman-Review. p. 44.