What's Wrong with This Picture? (Andrew Gold album)
What's Wrong with This Picture? is the second album by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Andrew Gold. It was released in 1976 on Asylum Records. It includes the hit single "Lonely Boy" which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard singles chart[3] featuring Linda Ronstadt on backing vocals.
Reception
AllMusic's James Chrispell said the album "continued in the same vein as Andrew Gold's first release" and concluded "[s]ophomore jinx aside, this is a very satisfying album."[1]
Rolling Stone's Ken Tucker called the album "a disappointment" in light of the "fast, smart pop songs" on Gold's debut album. Stating that while "Gold's guitar playing remains commanding… inventive and moving" it cannot overcome "the weakness of the material."[4]
Track listing
All songs written by Andrew Gold, except where noted.
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| 1. | "Lonely Boy" (original version) | 4:22 |
| 2. | "Firefly" (outtake) | 3:13 |
| 3. | "Gorilla Jam" (Gold, Kenny Edwards, Mike Botts) | 1:20 |
| 4. | "Feel It" | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Hope You Feel Good" (Gold, Ferguson) (live at the Univeral Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, 1976) | 4:47 |
Personnel
- Andrew Gold – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, drums, bass, organ, ARP, tambourine, congas, shaker, recorder, percussion, backing vocals
- Kenny Edwards – bass, mandolin, backing vocals
- Brock Walsh – backing vocals, electric piano, acoustic guitar, ARP
- Dan Dugmore – guitar
- Mike Botts – drums, sleigh bells
- Peter Asher – backing vocals, tambourine, shaker
- Waddy Wachtel – guitar, bass
- Leland Sklar – bass
- Russ Kunkel – drums
- Danny Kortchmar – guitar
- Linda Ronstadt – backing vocals
- Tessie Coen – congas
- Don Menza – saxophone, shakuhachi
- Clarence McDonald – electric piano
- Val Garay – backing vocals
Production
References
- 1 2 Chrispell, James. What's Wrong with This Picture? at AllMusic. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition, p. 538. Virgin Books, London. ISBN 1-85227-832-3
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2000). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition, p. 267. Billboard Books, New York. ISBN 0-8230-7690-3
- ↑ Tucker, Ken. "What's Wrong with This Picture", Rolling Stone, March 10, 1977, p. 74.
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| Studio albums | |
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| With Wax |
- Common Knowledge (1984)
- Magnetic Heaven (1986)
- American English (1987)
- A Hundred Thousand in Fresh Notes (1989)
- The Wax Files ('Best of' compilation) (1997)
- Wax Bikini (Compilation of outtakes, demos, etc.) (2000)
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| Singles |
- "Of All the Little Girls" (UK release - recorded as duo of 'Villiers & Gold') (1968)
- "Woke Up This Morning" (with the band 'Bryndle')(1970)
- "Heartaches in Heartaches" (1975)
- "That Is Why I Love You" (1975)
- "Stay" (1976)
- "Do Wah Diddy" (1976)
- "One of Them Is Me" (1976)
- "Lonely Boy" (1977)
- "Go Back Home Again" (1977)
- "How Can This Be Love" (1978)
- "I'm on My Way" (1978)
- "Thank You for Being a Friend" (1978)
- "Never Let Her Slip Away" (1978)
- "Kiss This One Goodbye" (1979)
- "Stranded on the Edge" (1979)
- "Nine to Five" (1979)
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| With Graham Gouldman as Wax |
- "Don't Break My Heart" (UK - Released under the band's initial name of World In Action) (1984)
- "Don't Break My Heart" (UK - Re-released under the band's subsequent name of Common Knowledge) (1984)
- "Victoria" (UK - Released under the band name of Common Knowledge) (1985)
- "Right Between The Eyes" (1986)
- "Ball & Chain" (1986)
- "Shadows of Love" (1986)
- "Systematic" (1986)
- "Bridge to Your Heart" (1987)
- "In Some Other World" (1987)
- "American English"(1987)
- "Anchors Aweigh" (1989)
- "Wherever You Are" (1989)
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