Emitt Rhodes (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Emitt Rhodes
Type = Studio album
Artist = Emitt Rhodes


Released = 1970
Recorded = 1969/1970
Genre = Power pop, Rock
Label = Dunhill Records
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:py3m964o3ep2 link] | Last album =
This album = "Emitt Rhodes" (1970)
Next album = "Mirror" (1971)|

"Emitt Rhodes" is Rhodes' self-titled debut album, released in 1970.

Rhodes recorded the album in his home studio. At the time, union rules required that recordings released on major labels must be recorded in proper studios, so the fact that this was a home recording could not be mentioned on the cover. The runout groove of the original LP release on Dunhill Records contained a decorative banner proclaiming, "Recorded at Home." Rhodes wanted to call the album "Homecooking", but Dunhill decided to title it "Emitt Rhodes".

Rhodes recorded the instruments on a four-track recorder and then approched Dunhill, who gave him a contract. He transferred the four-track instrumental recordings to an eight-track recorder to add the vocals on the four additional channels (and using a better microphone).

The album reached number 29 on the Billboard album chart. The single "Fresh as a Daisy" just missed the top forty. Billboard later called the album one of the "best albums of the decade". The song "Lullabye" was featured in the film The Royal Tenenbaums.

Track listing

All songs by Emitt Rhodes
# "With My Face On The Floor"
# "Somebody Made For Me"
# "She's Such A Beauty"
# "Long Time No See"
# "Lullabye"
# "Fresh As A Daisy"
# "Live Till You Die"
# "Promises I've Made"
# "You Take The Dark Out Of The Night"
# "You Should Be Ashamed"
# "Ever Find Yourself Running"
# "You Must Have"

Personnel

*Emitt Rhodes: All instruments and voices.

References

* "Emitt Rhodes: Recorded at Home", by Kevin Ryan, "Tape Op" #33, Jan. 2003, pp 44-50.
* "Emitt Rhodes Song Book", published by Thirty Four Music Co., 1971