Whirlwind (Andrew Gold album)

Whirlwind
Studio album by Andrew Gold
Released	1980
Recorded	The Sound Factory (Los Angeles, California); Record One (Sherman Oaks, California)
Genre	Pop, pop rock
Length	37:42
Label	Asylum
Producer	Andrew Gold
Andrew Gold chronology
All This and Heaven Too (1978) Whirlwind (1980) …Since 1951 (1996)

Whirlwind is the fourth album by singer-songwriter Andrew Gold, released in 1980 on Asylum Records. ^[1] It is Gold's final major label album and last solo album of any kind for over a decade.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

Rolling Stone's Stephen Holden called Whirlwind "a well-crafted album of imitation rock by a pop sentimentalist unconvincingly crying tough." Concluding "the record merely reaffirms Andrew Gold's skill as a meticulous pop interior designer recycling Sixties guitar hooks into blandly tasteful studio settings." ^[4] Reviewers of Billboard noticed that this album was more rocking than two previous works. ^[5]

AllMusic's James Chrispell retrospectively noted "[t]he hits were not forthcoming" and the "album came and went in nearly the blink of an eye, and not much else was heard from Andrew Gold's once-promising solo career." ^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Andrew Gold, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Kiss This One Goodbye"		4:03
2.	"Whirlwind"		4:16
3.	"Sooner or Later"		3:32
4.	"Leave Her Alone"		3:31
5.	"Little Company"		4:17
6.	"Brand New Face"		4:45
7.	"Nine to Five"		4:04
8.	"Stranded on the Edge"	Gold, Mark Goldenberg	4:06
9.	"Make Up Your Mind"		5:08

Bonus Tracks (Rhino/Edsel CD release)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gambler"	Kenny Edwards	3:51
2.	"Endless Flight" (live at the Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, FL, 1978)		5:17
3.	"The 'In' Crowd"	Billy Page	6:00
4.	"Traffic Jam"	Gold, Bryan Garofalo, Mike Botts	1:27

Personnel

• Andrew Gold – lead vocals, guitars, organ (1, 4, 8), percussion (1, 9), synthesizers (2, 9), acoustic piano (3, 9), keyboards (7), tambourine (8), backing vocals (8)
• Don Grolnick – acoustic piano (5)
• Waddy Wachtel – 2nd lead guitar (5)
• Bryan Garofalo – bass (1–4, 6–9)
• Kenny Edwards – bass (5)
• Mike Botts – drums (1–4, 6–9)
• Rick Marotta – drums (5)
• Brock Walsh – backing vocals

Production

• Andrew Gold – producer
• Greg Ladanyi – engineer
• Jim Nipar – engineer
• Doug Sax – mastering
• The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
• Melanie McDowell – production assistant
• Ron Coro – art direction, design
• Jim Shea – photography

References

1. "Andrew Gold Biography by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
2. Chrispell, James. Whirlwind at AllMusic. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
3. Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition , p. 538. Virgin Books, London. ISBN   1-85227-832-3
4. Holden, Stephen. "Whirlwind", Rolling Stone , June 26, 1980, p. 80.
5. "Review: Andrew Gold — Whirlwind" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 85, no. 18. May 3, 1980. p. 50. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved May 31, 2020– via American Radio History.