| Jim Webb Sings Jim Webb | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Jimmy Webb |
| Cover: | Jimmy_Webb_Sings.jpg |
| Alt: | Album cover image of a painting of Jimmy Webb |
| Recorded: | March 23, 1968 Hollywood, California, USA |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Hank Levine |
| Next Title: | Words and Music |
| Next Year: | 1970 |
Jim Webb Sings Jim Webb is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb, released in 1968 on Epic Records.
The album consists of a set of early demo recordings, redubbed and orchestrated by Epic Records without Webb's participation or consent.[1] None of Webb's hit songs from that period appear on the album, and the sound quality of the recording is inferior.[1] Webb later denounced the release in the strongest terms:
Webb strongly disliked the album. In his review for Allmusic, Bruce Eder wrote that Epic was "looking for the same effect as those early Randy Newman albums on Warner Bros. with far less success, artistic or commercial".[1] Eder concluded that the album is of "purely historical interest".[1]