The Love Album (John Hartford album)

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The Love Album
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Studio album by John Hartford
Released 1968
Genre Folk, country, novelty
Label RCA Victor
Producer Felton Jarvis
John Hartford chronology
Earthwords & Music
(1967)		The Love Album
(1968)		 Housing Project
(1968)
Alternative cover
LoveAlbumHousingProject.jpg
2002 BMG Re-issue

The Love Album is John Hartford's third LP, released in 1968. Like all of his RCA recordings, it was reissued in 2002 as part of a "twofer" CD, combined with his fourth album, Housing Project .

John Hartford American singer-songwriter and musician

John Cowan Hartford was an American folk, country, and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore. His most successful song is "Gentle on My Mind", which won three Grammy Awards and was listed in "BMI's Top 100 Songs of the Century". Hartford performed with a variety of ensembles throughout his career, and is perhaps best known for his solo performances where he would interchange the guitar, banjo, and fiddle from song to song. He also invented his own shuffle tap dance move, and clogged on an amplified piece of plywood while he played and sang.

RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records, Arista Records, and Epic Records. The label has released multiple genres of music, including pop, classical, rock, hip hop, electronic, R&B, blues, jazz, and country. Its name is derived from the initials of its defunct parent company, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). It was fully acquired by Bertelsmann in 1986, making it a part of Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG); however, RCA Records became a part of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, a merger between BMG and Sony Music, in 2004, and was acquired by the latter in 2008, after the dissolution of Sony BMG and the restructuring of Sony Music. It is the second oldest record label in American history, after sister label Columbia Records.

<i>Housing Project</i> (album) album by John Hartford

Housing Project is John Hartford's fourth album, released in 1968. Like all of his RCA recordings, it was reissued in 2002 as part of a "twofer" CD, combined with his third album, The Love Album.

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Music critic Richie Unterberger, writing for AllMusic, wrote "His droll delivery and toying with clichés makes it hard to tell whether he's the straight man or a joker, and it's that ambiguity that makes these oddball tunes so intriguing -- such pleasant, straight country-pop on the one hand, but such deviously subtle irony on the other. " [1]

Richie Unterberger American writer

Richie Unterberger is an American author and journalist whose focus is popular music and travel writing.

AllMusic online music database

AllMusic is an online music database. It catalogs more than 3 million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musical artists and bands. It launched in 1991, predating the World Wide Web.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Hartford.

  1. "Why Do You Do Me Like You Do?"
  2. "The 6 O'Clock Train & a Girl With Green Eyes"
  3. "Springtime All Over Again"
  4. "Landscape Grown Cold"
  5. "This Eve of Parting"
  6. "I Would Not Be Here"
  7. "Natural to Be Gone"
  8. "Empty Afternoon of Summer Longing"
  9. "A Simple Thing as Love"
  10. "Windows"
  11. "Prayer"
  12. "Love Is Sweeter"

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References

  1. 1 2 Unterberger, Richie. "The Love Album > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ Lankford, Jr., Ronnie D. "The Love Album/Housing Project > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved June 22, 2011.
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