The Yard Went On Forever

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The Yard Went On Forever
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Studio album by
Released1968
Recorded1968
Genre Pop
Label Dunhill
Producer Jimmy Webb
Richard Harris chronology
A Tramp Shining
(1968)
The Yard Went On Forever
(1968)
My Boy
(1971)

The Yard Went On Forever is the second album by Richard Harris, released in 1968 by Dunhill Records (DS-50042). The album was written, arranged, and produced by Jimmy Webb. [1]

Contents

Reception

A review of the album in Billboard said "Webb's material is treated with class and finesse" by Harris. Album track "Lucky Me" was described in the magazine as "a shimmering gem." [2]

In his review on Allmusic , Bruce Eder praised the project, comparing it to the previous Richard Harris album, A Tramp Shining , and writing that "the lyrics are dazzling in their cascading imagery, the music is richer and more vividly conceived and recorded, and the entire album works magnificently." [3]

Track listing

All songs were written by Jimmy Webb.

Side one
  1. "The Yard Went on Forever" – 5:43
  2. "Watermark" – 4:27
  3. "Interim" – 3:07
  4. "Gayla" – 3:19
Side two
  1. "The Hymns From The Grand Terrace" – 9:07
  2. "The Hive" – 3:59
  3. "Lucky Me" – 2:56
  4. "That's The Way It Was" – 3:00 [1]

Personnel

Technical

Chart performance

Chart (1969)Peak
position
US Top LPs (Billboard) [4] 27
US Cashbox Top 100 Albums [5] 21

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Yard Went On Forever". Discogs. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. "Billboard Album Reviews". Billboard . Vol. 80, no. 44. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2 November 1968. p. 76. ISSN   0006-2510.
  3. Eder, Bruce. "The Yard Went On Forever". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  4. "The Yard Went On Forever - Billboard Albums". Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  5. Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 158. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.