Andrew Gold (album)

Andrew Gold is the first album by singer-songwriter Andrew Gold. It was released in 1975 on Asylum Records. Linda Ronstadt, of whose band Gold was a member at the time, appears on the album.

Andrew Gold
Studio album by Andrew Gold
Released	1975
Recorded	The Sound Factory, Los Angeles
Genre	Pop, pop rock
Length	34:23
Label	Asylum
Producer	Chuck Plotkin
Andrew Gold chronology
Andrew Gold (1975) What's Wrong with This Picture? (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Reception

Rolling Stone's Stephen Holder said the album was "one of the year's most melodic" and "expresses, with warmth, humor and expertise, a special feeling for mid-Sixties rock." Holder notes that Gold "recaptures the essential spirit of 1964-65 Beatles music" and that his "ballads are as captivating as his rockers, if not more so."[3]

AllMusic's James Chrispell said the album contains "[a]n abundance of riches." Noting "[t]here are great Beatlesque melodies here, as well as heartfelt love songs that are Gold's specialties."[1]

Uses in media

Leo Sayer covered Gold's song "Endless Flight" on his 1976 Endless Flight album.

Track listing

All songs written by Andrew Gold, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"That's Why I Love You" (Gold, Gene Garfin)	3:11
2.	"Heartaches in Heartaches"	3:18
3.	"Love Hurts"	3:47
4.	"A Note from You"	2:48
5.	"Resting in Your Arms"	3:14
6.	"I'm a Gambler"	2:27
7.	"Endless Flight"	4:59
8.	"Hang My Picture Straight"	3:24
9.	"Ten Years Behind Me"	4:04
10.	"I'm Coming Home"	3:11

Bonus Tracks (Rhino/Edsel CD release)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Within a Word"	2:03
2.	"Sometime When a Man's on His Own"	2:47
3.	"Broken Pin Ball Machine"	3:15
4.	"To Be Someone"	4:17
5.	"Ten Years Behind Me" (demo)	4:08
6.	"Hang My Picture Straight" (live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1975)	3:07

Personnel

• Andrew Gold – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, electric piano, organ, marxophone, bass, drums, percussion, background vocals
• Kenny Edwards – bass, electric guitar, background vocals
• Gene Garfin – drums, background vocals
• Linda Ronstadt – background vocals
• David Kemper – drums
• Mike Botts – drums
• Peter Bernstein – drums
• Dan Dugmore – pedal steel
• Bobby Keys – saxophone
• Trevor Lawrence – saxophone
• Don Francisco – background vocals

Production

• Chuck Plotkin – producer
• Val Garay – engineer
• Jeff Hawks – assistant engineer

References

1. Chrispell, James. Andrew Gold at AllMusic. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
2. Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition, p. 538. Virgin Books, London. ISBN 1-85227-832-3
3. Holder, Stephen. "Andrew Gold Is Fab", Rolling Stone, December 4, 1975, p. 90.