Vehicle (The Ides of March album)

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Vehicle
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Studio album by
the Ides of March
ReleasedJune 1970
RecordedMarch 1970
Studio Columbia Studios
Genre Rock
Length41:39
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Bob Destocki, Frank Rand
The Ides of March chronology
Vehicle
(1970)		Common Bond
(1971)

Vehicle is the debut studio album by the Ides of March, released in 1970. The single, "Vehicle", became the fastest selling single in Warner's history, after which the band was hustled into the studio to record a full album. Vehicle's songs range through many genres including rock, pop, soul and folk. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Village Voice C− [2]

In his retrospective review for Allmusic, critic Mark Deming wrote "the band sounds tight, enthusiastic, and emphatic on all ten tracks" and that the album "documents this band's limitations as well as its strengths, but ultimately it's a good week's work, and shows the Ides of March had more up their sleeve than their only hit." [1] Conversely, Robert Christgau called the album "Schlocky... more schlock than anyone needs." [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Peterik, except where noted.

  1. "Vehicle" 2:56
  2. "Factory Band" 3:02
  3. "Sky Is Falling" 2:48
  4. "Home" 3:38
  5. "Wooden Ships/Dharma for One" (David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Paul Kantner / Ian Anderson, Clive Bunker) 7:14
  6. "Bald Medusa" (Mike Borch, Peterik) 3:02
  7. "Aire of Good Feeling" 3:14
  8. "Time for Thinking" (John Larson) 2:30
  9. "One Woman Man" 3:15
  10. "Symphony for Eleanor (Eleanor Rigby)" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) 9:42

Bonus tracks

  1. "Lead Me Home, Gently"
  2. "Superman"
  3. "Melody"
  4. "Vehicle" (single version)
  5. "High on a Hillside"

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Deming, Mark. "Vehicle > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (July 30, 1970). "Consumer Guide (12)". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
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