Somebody Else's Troubles

Somebody Else's Troubles is an album by singer/songwriter Steve Goodman, released in 1972. The record received favorable reviews but failed to sell. Goodman soon left Buddha Records and signed with Elektra Records.[1] Bob Dylan contributes piano on the title song under the pseudonym of Robert Milkwood Thomas.[2] The album was reissued in 1999 with two additional tracks.

Somebody Else's Troubles
Studio album by
Steve Goodman
Released1972
StudioAtlantic Recording Studios, New York City and Bell Sound Studios
GenreFolk, country
Length36:12 (reissue)
LabelBuddha
ProducerArif Mardin
Steve Goodman chronology
Steve Goodman
(1971)		 Somebody Else's Troubles
(1972)		 Jessie's Jig & Other Favorites
(1975)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [3]
Christgau's Record GuideB[4]

Ian Dove of the New York Times wrote, "Mr. Goodman has been allowed to bring all his influences into the album, and as a result we get a fully rounded portrait of the artist. It is a deceptively casual album—'laid back' in the argot—recorded in Nashville and New York, but which has much strength and realism in its simplicity... Mr. Goodman's accompaniment is also kept simple and direct."[2] Robert Christgau assigned it a "B" rating, indicating "...two consecutive songs about racing the sun, which is at least one too many. Tour de force: an a cappella ballad about a Vietnam widow. Arif Mardin found the proper setting for his young man's quaver."[4] In reviewing the 1999 reissue, Allmusic critic Sharon Witmer wrote "This recording presents a good overview of the prodigious talent and gifts that Steve Goodman gave the music world."[3]

Track listing
  1. "The Dutchman" (Michael Peter Smith) – 4:18
  2. "Six Hours Ahead of the Sun" (Steve Goodman) – 4:38
  3. "Song for David" (Goodman) – 3:06
  4. "Chicken Cordon Blues" (Goodman, Paula Ballan, Tony Mandel) – 3:03
  5. "Somebody Else's Troubles" (Goodman) – 3:48
  6. "The Loving of the Game" (Victoria Garvey) – 3:00
  7. "I Ain't Heard You Play No Blues" (Goodman) – 0:56
  8. "Don't Do Me Any Favors Anymore" (Goodman) – 3:33
  9. "The Vegetable Song (The Barn Yard Dance)" (Carl Martin) – 2:38
  10. "Lincoln Park Pirates" (Goodman) – 3:35
  11. "The Ballad of Penny Evans" (Goodman) – 3:37
    Reissue bonus tracks:
  12. "I'm My Own Grandpaw" (Goodman, Moe Jaffe, Dwight Latham) – 3:32
  13. "The Auctioneer" (Leroy Van Dyke, Buddy Black) – 5:08

Personnel
  • Steve Goodman – vocals, guitar
  • David Bromberg – dobro, guitar, mandolin
  • Steve Burgh – bass, guitar, mandolin
  • Hugh McDonald – bass, guitar
  • Robert Milkwood Thomas – piano, backing vocals on "Somebody Else's Troubles"
  • Jeff Gutcheon – keyboards, piano
  • Arif Mardin – piano
  • Mark Horowitz – banjo, guitar
  • Bill Keith – banjo, pedal steel guitar
  • Hugh McCracken – guitar
  • Jack McGann – accordion, guitar
  • Steve Mosley – drums, body percussion
  • David Brigati – backing vocals
  • Eddie Brigati – backing vocals
  • Maria Muldaur – harmony vocals on "Don't Do Me Any Favors Anymore" and "Somebody Else's Troubles"
  • David "Fathead" Newman – saxophone
  • Jerry Barnham – flute
  • Willie Bridges – saxophone
  • Larry Packer – fiddle
  • Kenny Kosek – fiddle
  • Charles McCracken – cello

Production
  • Arif Mardin – producer, remixing
  • Malcolm Addey – engineer
  • Joel Kerr – engineer
  • Eddie Youngblood – engineer
  • Harry Yarmark – engineer
  • Michael O'Sullivan – photography
  • Gib Foster – design
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References
  1. Paste Magazine, Steve Goodman - Unemployed
  2. Ian Dove (January 30, 1973). "Records: Steve Goodman". The New York Times. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  3. Witmer, Sharon. "Somebody Else's Troubles > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  4. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
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