Artificial Paradise (The Guess Who album)

Artificial Paradise
Studio album by The Guess Who
Released	January 1973
Recorded	1972 at RCA's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, California
Genre	Rock
Length	39:39
Label	RCA Victor Iconoclassic (re-release)
Producer	Jack Richardson
The Guess Who chronology
Live at the Paramount (1972) Artificial Paradise (1973) #10 (1973)
Singles from Artificial Paradise
"Follow Your Daughter Home" Released: 1973 "Orly" Released: 1973

Artificial Paradise is the eleventh studio album by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who and the first to feature Bill Wallace on bass guitar. Musically, Artificial Paradise finds The Guess Who showcasing a variety of styles: rockers ("Orly", "All Hashed Out," "Rock and Roller Steam"), ballads ("Samantha's Living Room," "Lost and Found Town"), and even world music ("Hamba Gahle-Usalang Gahle"). Nevertheless, the album is likely best remembered for its record jacket and inner sleeve, which is an extensive lampoon of direct mail advertising, and mentions The Guess Who only in passing (and does not mention the album title on the front cover at all).

Despite the memorable cover art—or, perhaps, because of it^[1]—the album's sales figures fell far short of projections. As a result, Artificial Paradise became a staple in cut-out LP bins all across America and Canada during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Track listing

1. "Bye Bye Babe" (2:50) (Winter/Wallace) [Wallace on Vocals]
2. "Samantha's Living Room" (3:26) (McDougall) [McDougall on Vocals]
3. "Rock and Roller Steam" (3:19) (Winter/Wallace)
4. "Follow Your Daughter Home" (3:29) (The Guess Who)
5. "Those Show Biz Shoes" (6:49) (Cummings)
6. "All Hashed Out" (4:41) (Wallace/Winter/Cummings) [Wallace on Vocals]
7. "Orly" (2:35) (Cummings)
8. "Lost and Found Town" (3:49) (McDougall) [McDougall on Vocals]
9. "Hamba Gahle-Usalang Gahle" (4:53) (Cummings/Winter/Wallace)
10. "The Watcher" (3:10) (Wallace/Cummings)

Personnel

• Burton Cummings - Lead vocals, keyboards, flute, quotation author
• Kurt Winter - Guitar
• Donnie McDougall - Guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on 2 & 8
• Bill Wallace - Bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on 1 & 6
• Garry Peterson - Drums, percussion
• Stanley Winistock - fiddle on 7 (belatedly credited on the #10 release)^[2]
• Vic Anesini - Mastering
• Ralph Chapman - Liner Notes
• Brian Christian - Engineer
• Pacific Eye & Ear - Concept
• Jack Richardson - Producer
• Marty Slick - Liner Notes
• Dennis Smith - Technician
• Lorrie Sullivan - Photography
• Ron Thompson - Writer

Charts

Album

Singles

References

The Guess Who
Jim Kale Laurie MacKenzie Garry Peterson Derek Sharp Leonard Shaw Chad Allan Randy Bachman Burton Cummings Carl Dixon Terry Hatty Greg Leskiw Donnie McDougall Domenic Troiano Bill Wallace Kurt Winter
Studio albums	Shakin' All Over Hey Ho (What You Do to Me!) It's Time Wheatfield Soul Canned Wheat American Woman Share the Land So Long, Bannatyne Rockin' Artificial Paradise #10 Road Food Flavours Power in the Music Guess Who's Back All This for a Song Now and Not Then Liberty
Live albums	Live at the Paramount Together Again The Best of the Guess Who Live The Spirit Lives On Down the Road Running Back Thru Canada The Best of Running Back Thru Canada Extended Versions: The Encore Collection
Compilations	The Best of The Guess Who The Best of The Guess Who, Vol. 2 The Greatest of The Guess Who Track Record Wild One The Guess Who: Anthology
Singles	"Shakin' All Over" "Tossin' and Turnin'" "Hey Ho, What You Do to Me" "Hurting Each Other" "Believe Me" "Clock on the Wall" "His Girl" "These Eyes" "Laughing" "Undun" "No Time" "American Woman" "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature" "Hand Me Down World" "Share the Land" "Hang On to Your Life" "Albert Flasher" "Rain Dance" "Sour Suite" "Heartbroken Bopper" "Guns, Guns, Guns" "Runnin' Back to Saskatoon" "Follow Your Daughter Home" "Glamour Boy" "Star Baby" "Clap for the Wolfman" "Dancin' Fool"
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