Andrew Gold (album)

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.

Andrew Gold
Studio album by
Andrew Gold
Released1975
RecordedThe Sound Factory, Los Angeles
GenrePop, pop rock
Length34:23
LabelAsylum
ProducerChuck Plotkin
Andrew Gold chronology
Andrew Gold
(1975)		 What's Wrong with This Picture?
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

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."[3]

AllMusic's James Chrispell 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."[1]

Uses in media

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.

No.TitleLength
1."That's Why I Love You" (Gold, Gene Garfin)3:11
2."Heartaches in Heartaches"3:18
3."Love Hurts"3:47
4."A Note from You"2:48
5."Resting in Your Arms"3:14
6."I'm a Gambler"2:27
7."Endless Flight"4:59
8."Hang My Picture Straight"3:24
9."Ten Years Behind Me"4:04
10."I'm Coming Home"3:11
Bonus Tracks (Rhino/Edsel CD release)
No.TitleLength
1."Within a Word"2:03
2."Sometime When a Man's on His Own"2:47
3."Broken Pin Ball Machine"3:15
4."To Be Someone"4:17
5."Ten Years Behind Me" (demo)4:08
6."Hang My Picture Straight" (live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1975)3:07

Personnel
  • Andrew Gold – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, marxophone, bass, drums, percussion, background vocals
  • Kenny Edwards – bass, electric guitar, background vocals
  • Gene Garfin – drums, background vocals
  • Linda Ronstadt – background vocals
  • David Kemper – drums
  • Mike Botts – drums
  • Peter Bernstein – drums
  • Dan Dugmore – pedal steel
  • Bobby Keys – saxophone
  • Trevor Lawrence – saxophone
  • Don Francisco – background vocals

Production

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References
  1. Chrispell, James. Andrew Gold at AllMusic. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition, p. 538. Virgin Books, London. ISBN 1-85227-832-3
  3. Holder, Stephen. "Andrew Gold Is Fab", Rolling Stone, December 4, 1975, p. 90.
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