Back from Rio

Infobox Album
Name = Back from Rio
Type = studio
Artist = Roger McGuinn


Released = Start date|1990
Recorded = Capitol Studios, Los Angeles
Genre = Rock
Length = 41:44
Label = Arista
Producer = David Cole, Roger McGuinn
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:09fqxqq5ldde link]
*"Entertainment Weekly" (B) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,313001,00.html link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rogermcguinn/albums/album/191695/review/5940321/back_from_rio link]
Last album = "McGuinn - Hillman"
(1981)
This album = "Back from Rio"
(1990)
Next album = "Born to Rock and Roll"
(1991)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = Cover of original European release Singles
Name = Back from Rio
Type = studio
Single 1 = King Of The Hill
Single 1 date = 1991
Single 2 = Someone to Love
Single 2 date = 1991

American singer-songwriter, guitarist and The Byrds co-founder Roger McGuinn released his 6th solo studio album "Back from Rio" in 1990, more than a decade after the previous one, "Thunderbyrd". The album was released in the slipstream of the The Byrds boxed set and musically it leans on the sound of The Byrds thanks to McGuinns ringing 12-string electric guitar and vocal contributions from ex-Byrds members David Crosby and Chris Hillman. Prominent on the album are also Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; the former is co-author and sings on the first single "King Of The Hill" and several members of the latter provide musical backing on most of the tracks. Other prominent songwriters on the album - besides McGuinn himself and his wife Camilla - are Elvis Costello, Jules Shear and Dave Stewart of Eurythmics.

The album was generally well received by music critics and it peaked at number 44 on the Billboard US album chart. [cite web
url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=albums&pid=85599&aid=11317
title=Robert McGuinn - Discography - Back from Rio
accessdate=2008-07-02
publisher=Billboard.com ] Two singles were drawn from the album: "King Of The Hill" peaked at number 2 and "Someone To Love" at number 12, both in 1991 on Billboard's mainstream rock list. [cite web
url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=85599&model.vnuAlbumId=628837#
title=Robert McGuinn - Artist Chart History
accessdate=2008-07-02
publisher=Billboard.com ]

In Europe "Back from Rio" was released the following year, 1991, featuring a different album cover.

Track listing

ide one

# "Someone to Love" (Roger McGuinn, Camilla McGuinn) – 3:32
# "Car Phone" (Mike Campbell, R. McGuinn) – 4:33
# "You Bowed Down" (Elvis Costello) – 3:52
# "Suddenly Blue" (Scott Cutler, R. McGuinn, D. Morgan) – 3:49
# "The Trees Are All Gone" (R. McGuinn, C. McGuinn) – 3:51

ide two

# "King Of The Hill" (R. McGuinn, Tom Petty) – 5:27
#:(Lead vocals shared with Tom Petty)
# "Without Your Love" (R. McGuinn, C. McGuinn) – 3:59
# "The Time Has Come" (Cutler, R. McGuinn) – 3:45
# "Your Love Is a Gold Mine" (R. McGuinn, Dave Stewart) – 4:06
#* "Back from Rio Interlude" (R. McGuinn, T. Petty, Jeff Lynne)
#:(Vocals shared with David Crosby and Chris Hillman)
# "If We Never Meet Again" (Jules Shear) – 4:28

Personnel

Musicians

*Roger McGuinn – lead vocals, background vocals, 12 string electric guitar, 12 string acoustic guitar
*George Hawkins – bass guitar
*John Jorgenson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar, saxophone, bass guitar, mandolin
*Michael Thompson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
*Stan Lynch – drums, percussion
*Mike Campbell – electric guitar, slide guitar, baritone guitar
*Benmont Tench – organ, keyboards, Hammond B-3
*David Cole – percussion, piano, acoustic guitar, MPC-60
*Dan Higgins – saxophone
*Tom Petty – lead vocals, background vocals
*Elvis Costello – background vocals
*Michael Penn – background vocals, 12 string acoustic guitar
*David Crosby – vocals, background vocals
*Chris Hillman – vocals, background vocals
*J. Steven Soles – background vocals
*Timothy B. Schmit – background vocals
*Kimmy Robertson – telephone voice
*Stan Ridgeway – telephone voice

Production

*David Cole – producer, engineer, mixing
*Roger McGuinn – producer, mixing
*Peter Doell – engineer

Notes