Aquashow
| Aquashow | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1973 | |||
| Studio | Record Plant East, New York City | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 37:09 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Peter K. Siegel | |||
| Elliott Murphy chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A−[2] |
Aquashow was the 1973 debut album by singer-songwriter Elliott Murphy. It was reviewed by Paul Nelson in Rolling Stone along with Bruce Springsteen's The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle under the headline "He's the Best Dylan since 1968", which earned both artists the "New Dylan" tag.[3] When Aquashow was released on CD in 1988 it was reviewed by Robert Hilburn in the Los Angeles Times under the headline "A Compelling Aquashow", and in 2006, thirty-three years after the original release, the album was called an "Album Classic" in a full-page review in Uncut magazine.[4][5]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by Elliott Murphy
- "Last of The Rock Stars"
- "How's The Family"
- "Hangin' Out"
- "Hometown"
- "Graveyard Scrapbook"
- "Poise 'N Pen"
- "Marilyn"
- "White Middle Class Blues"
- "Like a Great Gatsby" (listed as "Like a Crystal Microphone" in the US edition to avoid violating copyrights on the novel)
- "Don't Go Away"
Personnel
[edit]- Elliott Murphy – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, backing vocals
- Gene Parsons – drums, backing vocals
- Tasha Thomas – backing vocals
- Dennis Ferrante – backing vocals
- Teddy Irwin – acoustic guitar
- Jim Mason – backing vocals
- Eddie Mottau – backing vocals
- Linda November – backing vocals
- Frank Owens – piano, organ
- Pat Rebillot – piano and organ on "Hangin' Out", "Marilyn" and "Like a Crystal Microphone"
- Maeretha Stewart – backing vocals
- Dick Wagner – backing vocals
- Matthew Murphy – bass, backing vocals
- Rick Marotta – drums on "How's The Family"
- Technical
- Shelly Yakus – recording engineer
- Ed Sprigg, Rod O'Brien - tape operator
- Paula Bisacca – artwork
- Jack Mitchell – photography
References
[edit]- ^ Hartenbach, Brett. Aquashow at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. August 7, 1988.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
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