Washington County (album)

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Washington County
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Studio album by
Arlo Guthrie
ReleasedOctober 1970
RecordedAugust 1970
Genre Folk, folk rock
Length36:23
Label Reprise
Producer Lenny Waronker, John Pilla [1]
Arlo Guthrie chronology
Running Down the Road
(1969)		Washington County
(1970)		 Hobo's Lullaby
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B− [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Washington County is a 1970 album by the American folk singer Arlo Guthrie. [6] It peaked at #33 on the Billboard charts on December 4, 1970, [7] and number 28 in Australia. [8]

Contents

Critical reception

Contributing to Magnet , Bar/None owner Glenn Morrow called the album "remarkably eclectic". He praised "Gabriel's Mother's Highway Ballad #16 Blues", writing that it "wraps around the listener like a sonic temple—a place of peace and well-being, bracing out the cold winds of a hostile world". [9]

Compilations and covers

"Gabriel's Mother's Hiway Ballad #16 Blues" was later included on the 1977 compilation The Best of Arlo Guthrie . A cover version of it became the title track of the 1972 Franciscus Henri album Gabriel's Mother's Highway .

Track listing

All tracks composed by Arlo Guthrie, except where indicated.

Side One

  1. "Introduction" – 3:22
  2. "Fencepost Blues" (sometimes rendered as "Fence Post Blues") – 3:11
  3. "Gabriel's Mother's Hiway Ballad #16 Blues" – 6:23
  4. "Washington County" – 1:59
  5. "Valley to Pray" – 2:46 (Doc Coutson, John Pilla, Arlo Guthrie)

Side Two

  1. "Lay Down Little Doggies" (Woody Guthrie) – 3:18
  2. "I Could Be Singing" – 3:19
  3. "If You Would Just Drop By" – 4:23
  4. "Percy's Song" (Bob Dylan) – 4:57
  5. "I Want to Be Around" – 2:45

Personnel

Technical

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