Maria Muldaur (album)
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| Studio album by Maria Muldaur | ||||
| Released | August 1973 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 36:38 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Joe Boyd, Lenny Waronker | |||
| Maria Muldaur chronology | ||||
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Maria Muldaur is the eponymous 1973 debut studio album of musician Maria Muldaur. The album includes Muldaur's best-known single, "Midnight at the Oasis", which charted at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and "Three Dollar Bill", which charted at #7 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.[2] The album, which peaked at #3 on The Billboard 200,[3] was certified gold by the RIAA on May 13, 1974.[4]
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [5] |
| Robert Christgau | B+ [6] |
| Rolling Stone | (very positive) [7] |
The album was positively reviewed, and very positively in at least one case. Writing in October 1973, Rolling Stone's reviewer Jon Landau described the album as "one of the half-dozen best" of the year, "the kind of glorious breakthrough that reminds me why I fell in love with rock & roll."[7] The album is heavily influenced by country and blues.[5]
Track listing
Side One
- "Any Old Time" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:45
- "Midnight at the Oasis" (David Nichtern) – 3:49
- "My Tennessee Mountain Home" (Dolly Parton) – 3:32
- "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song" (Nichtern) – 2:49
- "The Work Song" (Kate McGarrigle) – 4:04
Side Two
- "Don't You Feel My Leg (Don't You Get Me High)" (Blue Lu Barker, Danny Barker, J. Mayo Williams) – 2:48
- "Walkin' One and Only" (Dan Hicks) – 2:47
- "Long Hard Climb" (Ron Davies) – 3:03
- "Three Dollar Bill" (Mac Rebennack) – 3:58
- "Vaudeville Man" (Wendy Waldman) – 2:41
- "Mad Mad Me" (Wendy Waldman) – 3:13
Personnel
- Maria Muldaur - vocals
- Clarence White - acoustic guitar ("My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song")
- Bill Keith - banjo ("Work Song", "Vaudeville Man"), steel guitar ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You A Love Song")
- Ry Cooder - acoustic guitar ("Any Old Time")
- David Lindley - Hawaiian guitar ("Any Old Time")
- Andrew Gold - acoustic guitar ("Vaudeville Man")
- David Nichtern - acoustic ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You A Love Song", "My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song", "Walkin' One and Only", "Midnight At The Oasis" & electric guitar ("Long Hard Climb"), producer ("Mad Mad Me")
- David Grisman - mandolin ("My Tennessee Home")
- Dr. John - keyboards ("Vaudeville Man', "Don't You Feel My Leg" & "Three Dollar Bill"), horn arrangements ("Vaudeville Man", "Don't You Feel My Leg", "Three Dollar Bill")
- Jim Dickinson - piano ("Any Old Time")
- Mark T. Jordan - piano ("The Work Song", "Midnight At The Oasis")
- Spooner Oldham - piano (""Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You A Love Song")
- Greg Prestopino - piano ("Mad Mad Me"), background vocals ("The Work Song", "My Tennessee Home"), voices ("Midnight At The Oasis")
- James Gordon - organ ("Three Dollar Bill"), clarinet ("Vaudeville Man")
- Chris Ethridge - bass ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You A Love Song", "My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song")
- Klaus Voormann - bass ("Vaudeville Man", "Don't You Feel My Leg")
- Ray Brown - bass ("Walkin' One and Only")
- Dave Holland - bowed bass ("Mad Mad Me")
- Jimmy Calhoun - bass ("Three Dollar Bill")
- Tommy McClure - bass ("Any Old Time")
- Freebo - bass ("Midnight At The Oasis")
- Amos Garrett - bass, guitar, vocals, guitar solo ("Midnight at the Oasis")
- Jim Keltner - drums (all but 4 tracks)
- Ed Shaughnessy - drums ("Walkin' One and Only")
- John Boudreaux - drums ("Three Dollar Bill")
- Jim Gordon - drums ("Midnight At The Oasis")
- Chris Parker - drums ("Mad Mad Me")
- Jerry Jumonville - alto horn, horn arrangements ("Vaudeville Man", "Don't You Feel My Leg", "Three Dollar Bill")
- Artie Butler - alto horn, horn arrangements ("The Work Song")
- Nick DeCaro - accordion ("I Never Did Sing You A Love Song"), string arrangements ("Long Hard Climb", "I Never Did Sing You A Love Song", "Midnight At The Oasis")
- Richard Greene - violin ("My Tennessee Home", "Walkin' One and Only")
- Larry Packer - violin, viola ("Mad Mad Me")
- Karen Alexander - background vocals ("The Work Song")
- Gloria Jones - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill")
- Ellen Kearney - background vocals ("My Tennessee Home", "The Work Song")
- Bettye LaVette - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill")
- Jessica Smith - background vocals ("Three Dollar Bill")
- Beryl Marriott - violin
(individual song credits)[8]
References
- ↑ Maria Muldaur - Maria Muldaur > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
- ↑ Maria Muldaur > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
- ↑ Maria Muldaur - Maria Muldaur > Charts & Awards > Billboard Album at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
- ↑ Maria Muldaur RIAA Accessed August 27, 2007.
- 1 2 Allan, Mark. Maria Muldaur at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (December 1973). "The Christgau Consumer Guide: Maria Muldaur". Creem. Retrieved 22 December 2011. Relevant portion posted in a revised version at "Maria Muldaur: Maria Muldaur > Consumer Guide Album". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- 1 2 Landau, Jon (October 25, 1973). "Maria Muldaur". Rolling Stone (146). Copy posted at "Maria Muldaur – Maria Muldaur". superseventies.com. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1476142
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