Whirlwind (album)

Whirlwind is the fourth album by singer-songwriter Andrew Gold. It was released in 1980 on Asylum Records. It is Gold's final major label album and last solo album of any kind for over a decade.

Whirlwind
Studio album by
Andrew Gold
Released1980
RecordedThe Sound Factory, Los Angeles
GenrePop, pop rock
Length37:42
LabelAsylum
ProducerAndrew Gold
Andrew Gold chronology
All This and Heaven Too
(1978)		 Whirlwind
(1980)		 …Since 1951
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Reception

Rolling Stone's Stephen Holden called Whirlwind "a well-crafted album of imitation rock by a pop sentimentalist unconvincingly crying tough." Concluding "the record merely reaffirms Andrew Gold's skill as a meticulous pop interior designer recycling Sixties guitar hooks into blandly tasteful studio settings."[3]

AllMusic's James Chrispell noted "[t]he hits were not forthcoming" and the "album came and went in nearly the blink of an eye, and not much else was heard from Andrew Gold's once-promising solo career."[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Andrew Gold, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Kiss This One Goodbye"4:03
2."Whirlwind"4:16
3."Sooner or Later"3:32
4."Leave Her Alone"3:31
5."Little Company"4:17
6."Brand New Face"4:45
7."Nine to Five"4:04
8."Stranded on the Edge" (Gold, Mark Goldenberg)4:06
9."Make Up Your Mind"5:08
Bonus Tracks (Rhino/Edsel CD release)
No.TitleLength
1."Gambler" (Kenny Edwards)3:51
2."Endless Flight" (live at the Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, FL, 1978)5:17
3."The 'In' Crowd" (Billy Page)6:00
4."Traffic Jam" (Gold, Bryan Garofalo, Mike Botts)1:27

Personnel

Production

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References
  1. Chrispell, James. Whirlwind at AllMusic. Retrieved July 30, 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. Holden, Stephen. "Whirlwind", Rolling Stone, June 26, 1980, p. 80.
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