Rhinestone Cowboy (album) explained
Rhinestone Cowboy |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Glen Campbell |
Cover: | Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy album cover.jpg |
Released: | July 1975 |
Recorded: | 1975 |
Studio: | Sound Labs, Hollywood, California |
Genre: | Country |
Label: | Capitol |
Producer: | Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter |
Prev Title: | Ernie Sings & Glen Picks |
Prev Year: | 1975 |
Next Title: | Bloodline |
Next Year: | 1976 |
Rhinestone Cowboy is the 28th studio album by American country music musician Glen Campbell, released in July 1975 by Capitol Records. It is a concept album based on the idea of an over-the-hill country musician who is uneasy about his previous fame.[1] The album was recorded in Hollywood, and produced by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. Featuring the hit singles such as "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)", the album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 200.
The album was re-issued on March 31, 2015. It contains a previously unreleased track, "Quits". It also contained the Japan-only track "Coming Home" and the B-side "Record Collectors Dream".
Track listing
Side one
- "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) – 3:08
- "Comeback" (Lambert, Potter) – 3:23
- "Count on Me" (Lambert, Potter) – 3:12
- "I Miss You Tonight" (Lambert, Potter) – 3:07
- "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 3:14
Side two
- "Rhinestone Cowboy" (Larry Weiss) – 3:15
- "I'd Build a Bridge" (Mike Settle) – 3:43
- "Pencils for Sale" (Johnny Cunningham) – 3:42
- "Marie" (Randy Newman) – 3:34
- "We're Over" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 2:59
2015 bonus tracks
- "Record Collector's Dream" (Bill C. Graham)
- "Coming Home" (Bill Backer, Billy Davis, Rod McBrien) produced by Billy Davis; arranged by Dennis McCarthy
- "Quits" (Danny O'Keefe)
- "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" remixed by Howard Willing
- "Rhinestone Cowboy" remixed by Howard Willing and Julian Raymond
Personnel
- Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Dean Parks – electric guitar
- Ben Benay – electric guitar
- Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar
- Scott Edwards – bass guitar
- Michael Omartian – keyboards
- Dennis Lambert – keyboards, percussion
- Ed Greene – drums
- Dave Kemper – drums
- Brian Potter – percussion
- Gary Coleman – percussion
- Paul Hubinon, Chuck Findley, Don Menza, Jerome Richardson, Tom Scott, George Bohanon, Lew McCreary, Dalton Smith - horns
- Sid Sharp and the Boogie Symphony - strings
- Ginger Baker, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters - backing vocals
Production
- Producers – Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter
- Arranged and conducted by Thomas Sellers
- Engineer – Joe Sidore
- Mastered at Mastering Lab, Hollywood, CA
- Production assistant – Marsha Lewis
- Art/Photography – Roy Kohara
- Embroidery – Helen Hamako Holden
Charts
Album – Billboard (United States)
Chart | Entry date | Peak position | No. of weeks |
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Billboard Country Albums | August 16, 1975 | 1 | 33 |
Billboard 200 | August 9, 1975 | 17 | 30 |
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Singles – Billboard (United States)
References
- News: Phang . Sunny . Pick of the Records . New Straits Times . 21 . January 3, 1976 . January 14, 2010.
- Web site: David Cantwell . Not Fade Away – Reissue Review from Issue No. 41 Sept–Oct 2002: Rhinestone Cowboy / Bloodline: The Lambert & Potter Sessions, 1975–1976 (Raven) . No Depression . August 11, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008053506/http://archives.nodepression.com/2002/09/glen-campbell-rhinestone-cowboybloodline-the-lambert-potter-sessions-1975-1976/ . October 8, 2011 .
- Web site: Stephen Thomas Erlewine . Stephen Thomas Erlewine . [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r596434|pure_url=yes}} Rhinestone Cowboy/Bloodline ]. AllMusic . August 11, 2009.
- Web site: Stephen Thomas Erlewine . [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r109185|pure_url=yes}} Rhinestone Cowboy ]. AllMusic . December 26, 2009.
Notes and References
- Book: Canongate Books . Nov 1, 2007 . . Glen Campbell, Rhinestone Cowboy: a precise multi-million second chance (1975) . 4th . 350.