The American Dream (album)

Infobox Album | Name = The American Dream
Type = Album
Artist = Emitt Rhodes


Released = 1971
Recorded = 1969
Genre = Baroque pop
Label = A&M Records
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wcfqxqedldde] | Last album = "Mirror"
(1971)
This album = "The American Dream"
(1971)
Next album = "Farewell to Paradise"
(1973)|

"The American Dream" is Emitt Rhodes' third album by release date, although it was recorded first. It was recorded in 1969, but released in 1971 as a contractual obligation to A&M Records. The album was released in response to the success of his two solo albums on Dunhill Records.

Track listing

All songs by Emitt Rhodes

# "Mother Earth" – 2:29
# "Pardon Me" – 2:46
# "Textile Factory" – 3:04
# "Someone Died" – 2:04
# "Come Ride, Come Ride" – 2:53
# "Let's All Sing" – 2:41
# "Holly Park" – 2:59
# "You're a Very Lovely Woman" – 2:52
# "Mary Will You Take My Hand" – 2:21
# "The Man He Was" - 2:59
# "In the Days of the Old" – 2:13
# "'Til the Day After" – 2:46

NOTE: "Saturday Night" – 1:59 was on the short-lived original release in 1970, but was deleted in favor of "You're a Very Lovely Woman" on the more well-known re-release in 1971. "Saturday Night" does appear on "Listen, Listen - the Definitive Collection of The Merry-Go-Round".

References

* "Emitt Rhodes: Recorded at Home", by Kevin Ryan, "Tape Op" #33, Jan. 2003, pp 44-50.