| Farewell to Paradise | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Emitt Rhodes |
| Cover: | FarewellToParadise.jpg |
| Released: | 1973 |
| Recorded: | 1973 |
| Studio: | Emitt Rhodes' home |
| Genre: | Rock, pop, jazz-funk, soul |
| Label: | Dunhill |
| Producer: | Emitt Rhodes |
| Prev Title: | Mirror |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | Rainbow Ends |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
Farewell to Paradise (1973) is the fourth album by Emitt Rhodes. An eclectic mixture of rock, pop, jazz-funk and soul. Due to the pressure of his record label suing him for his failure to complete his contract for 6 albums in 3 years,[1] many of the songs exhibit more somber, gloomy tones than Rhodes' previous albums.
"Those That Die" is derived from "Tame The Lion", a furious anti-war song that was issued as a single in July 1972. "Tame the Lion" has a fast tempo, and "Those That Die" uses part of the lyrics from the bridge of "Tame the Lion", but at a slow tempo and chords from a minor key.
The initial pressings of this album were mispressed and featured the audio from the unreleased album by Toronto band Dixie Rumproast - Well Done. Many of them are still in circulation.
All songs by Emitt Rhodes