American Boy & Girl
| American Boy & Girl | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Studios | Record Plant, New York City | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Garland Jeffreys | |||
| Garland Jeffreys chronology | ||||
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American Boy & Girl is an album by Garland Jeffreys, released on A&M Records in 1979.[1][2]
The album peaked at No. 151 on the Billboard 200.[3] "Matador" became a hit in Germany, reaching number 2 on the singles chart. It was also a top ten hit in Austria, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, and France.[4]
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
The New York Times wrote that the album "projects a humanism that's affecting for its steadfast refusal to be fashionable."[9]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by Garland Jeffreys
- "Livin' for Me" - 4:19
- "Bad Dream" - 2:44
- "City Kids" - 5:12
- "American Boy & Girl" - 3:52
- "Matador" - 4:38
- "Night of Living Dead" - 4:43
- "Bring Back the Love" - 3:28
- "Ship of Fools" - 3:00
- "Shoot the Moonlight Out" - 3:23
- "If Mao Could See Me Now" - 5:09
Personnel
[edit]- Garland Jeffreys - vocals, guitar, percussion
- The Mao Band
- Alan Freedman - acoustic guitar, arrangements
- Rafael Goldfield - bass
- Tim Cappello - keyboards, tenor & soprano saxophone, backing vocals
- Anton Fig - drums, percussion
with:
- Herb Alpert - "drunken" trumpet
- Robert Athas - bass, guitars
- Rory Dodd - harmony vocals
- Paul Prestopino - mandolin
- Eric Troyer - vocals
- Ed Freeman - conductor
- Technical
- Terri Kaplan - production coordinator
- Roy Cicala, Sam Ginsberg - engineer
- Carole Langer - design, cover concept
- Lou Lanzano - cover photography
References
[edit]- ↑ "Garland Jeffreys Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ↑ "Jeffreys LP Reflects His Own Integrity". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 1, 1979.
- ↑ "Garland Jeffreys". Billboard.
- ↑ "Before Beck, there was Garland Jeffreys". Toronto Star. Arts. October 19, 2002. p. J4.
- ↑ "American Boy & Girl Garland Jeffreys". AllMusic.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 607.
- ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 365.
- ↑ Palmer, Robert (November 18, 1979). "Rock: Garland Jeffreys". The New York Times.
