Andrew Gold (album) explained

Andrew Gold
Type:	studio
Artist:	Andrew Gold
Cover:	AndrewGoldAlbum.jpg
Released:	1975
Recorded:	The Sound Factory (Los Angeles, California).
Genre:	Pop, pop rock
Length:	34:23
Label:	Asylum
Producer:	Chuck Plotkin
Next Title:	What's Wrong with This Picture?
Next Year:	1976

Andrew Gold is the first album by singer-songwriter Andrew Gold. It was released in 1975 on Asylum Records. Linda Ronstadt, of whose band Gold was a member at the time, appears on the album.

Reception

Rolling Stone's Stephen Holder said the album was "one of the year's most melodic" and "expresses, with warmth, humor and expertise, a special feeling for mid-Sixties rock." Holder notes that Gold "recaptures the essential spirit of 1964-65 Beatles music" and that his "ballads are as captivating as his rockers, if not more so."^[1]

AllMusic's James Chrispell retrospectively said the album contains "[a]n abundance of riches." Noting "[t]here are great Beatlesque melodies here, as well as heartfelt love songs that are Gold's specialties."

Covers

Leo Sayer covered Gold's song "Endless Flight" on his 1976 Endless Flight album.

Track listing

All songs written by Andrew Gold, except where noted.

Personnel

• Andrew Gold – vocals, electric piano (1), guitars (1-8, 10), bass (1, 3, 4, 8, 10), drums (1, 3, 4, 8, 10), percussion (1-8, 10), acoustic piano (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9), organ (3), marxophone (9)
• Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar (7)
• Kenny Edwards – backing vocals (1-6, 10), bass (2, 6, 7), lead guitar (5)
• Peter Bernstein – bass (5)
• Mike Botts – drums (2)
• Gene Garfin – backing vocals (1, 5, 10), drums (5)
• David Kemper – drums (6, 7)
• Bobby Keys – saxophones (4)
• Trevor Lawrence – saxophones (4)
• David Campbell – string arrangements and conductor
• Don Francisco – backing vocals (1, 4)
• Linda Ronstadt – backing vocals (2, 3)

Production

• Chuck Plotkin – producer
• Val Garay – engineer
• Michael Boshears – recording
• Jeff Hawks – assistant engineer
• Doug Sax – mastering
• The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
• Glen Christensen – art direction
• Tommy Steele – design
• Bill Imhoff – illustration
• Ken McGowan – photography
• Norman Epstein – management

Charts

The single "That's Why I Love You" spent 5 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 beginning in January 1976, ultimately peaking at #68.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Holder, Stephen. "Andrew Gold Is Fab", Rolling Stone, December 4, 1975, p. 90.
2. https://www.billboard.com/artist/andrew-gold/