What's Wrong with This Picture? (Andrew Gold album)

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What's Wrong with This Picture?
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Studio album by
Andrew Gold
Released1976
Studio Sound Factory (Hollywood)
Genre Pop, pop rock
Length41:30
Label Asylum
Producer Peter Asher
Andrew Gold chronology
Andrew Gold
(1975)		What's Wrong with This Picture?
(1976)		 All This and Heaven Too
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide C− [2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

What's Wrong with This Picture? is the second album by the singer-songwriter Andrew Gold. It was released in 1976 on Asylum Records. It includes the hit single "Lonely Boy" which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard singles chart [4] featuring Linda Ronstadt on backing vocals.

Contents

The album's artwork reflects its title, mimicking a style of visual puzzle that consists of various logical inconsistencies or paradoxes for the viewer to try to identify. One example is the view of the sea through the windows of the room, which are at different levels from one another.

Reception

AllMusic's James Chrispell retrospectively said the album "continued in the same vein as Andrew Gold's first release" and concluded "sophomore jinx aside, this is a very satisfying album." [1]

Rolling Stone's Ken Tucker called the album "a disappointment" in light of the "fast, smart pop songs" on Gold's first album. He stated that while "Gold's guitar playing remains commanding… inventive and moving" it cannot overcome "the weakness of the material". [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Andrew Gold, except where noted.

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hope You Feel Good"Gold, Steve Ferguson4:49
2."Passing Thing" 4:08
3."Do Wah Diddy" Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich 2:52
4."Learning the Game" Buddy Holly 4:08
5."Angel Woman" 1:38
6."Must Be Crazy" 4:13
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lonely Boy" 4:24
2."Firefly" 3:23
3."Stay" Maurice Williams 4:45
4."Go Back Home Again" 3:10
5."One of Them Is Me" 4:00
Bonus Tracks (Rhino/Edsel CD release)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lonely Boy" (original version) 4:22
2."Firefly" (outtake) 3:13
3."Gorilla Jam"Gold, Kenny Edwards, Mike Botts 1:20
4."Feel It" 4:20
5."Hope You Feel Good" (live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, 1976)Gold, Steve Ferguson4:47

Charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [6]
89

Personnel

Production

References

  1. 1 2 Chrispell, James. What's Wrong with This Picture? at AllMusic. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition , p. 538. Virgin Books, London. ISBN   1-85227-832-3
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2000). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition, p. 267. Billboard Books, New York. ISBN   0-8230-7690-3
  5. ↑ Tucker, Ken. "What's Wrong with This Picture", Rolling Stone , March 10, 1977, p. 74.
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 127. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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