Rhinestone Cowboy (album)

Rhinestone Cowboy is the 30th album by American singer/guitarist Glen Campbell, released in 1975.

Rhinestone Cowboy
Studio album by Glen Campbell
Released	July 1975
Recorded	1975
Studio	Sound Labs, Hollywood, California
Genre	Country
Label	Capitol
Producer	Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter
Glen Campbell chronology
Ernie Sings & Glen Picks (1975) Rhinestone Cowboy (1975) Bloodline (1976)

A 40th Anniversary re-issue was released on March 31, 2015, in North America on CD & 180g LP. The CD contains a previously unreleased track, "Quits", which has been in the vaults at Capitol since it was recorded. It also contained the Japanese only track "Coming Home" and the B-side "Record Collectors Dream".

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) – 3:08
2. "Comeback" (Lambert, Potter) – 3:23
3. "Count on Me" (Lambert, Potter) – 3:12
4. "I Miss You Tonight" (Lambert, Potter) – 3:07
5. "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 3:14

Side two

1. "Rhinestone Cowboy" (Larry Weiss) – 3:15
2. "I'd Build a Bridge" (Mike Settle) – 3:43
3. "Pencils for Sale" (Johnny Cunningham) – 3:42
4. "Marie" (Randy Newman) – 3:34
5. "We're Over" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 2:59

2015 bonus tracks

1. "Record Collector's Dream" (Bill C. Graham)
2. "Coming Home" (Bill Backer, Billy Davis, Rod McBrien) produced by Billy Davis; arranged by Dennis McCarthy
3. "Quits" (Danny O'Keefe)
4. "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A." remixed by Howard Willing
5. "Rhinestone Cowboy" remixed by Howard Willing and Julian Raymond

Personnel

• Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Dean Parks – electric guitar
• Ben Benay – electric guitar
• Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar
• Scott Edwards – bass guitar
• Michael Omartian – keyboards
• Dennis Lambert – keyboards, percussion
• Ed Greene – drums
• Dave Kemper – drums
• Brian Potter – percussion
• Gary Coleman – percussion
• Horns – Paul Hubinon, Chuck Findley, Don Menza, Jerome Richardson, Tom Scott, George Bohanon, Lew McCreary, Dalton Smith
• Strings – Sid Sharp and the Boogie Symphony
• Backing vocals – Ginger Baker, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters

Production

• Producers – Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter
• Arranged and conducted by Thomas Sellers
• Engineer – Joe Sidore
• Mastered at Mastering Lab, Hollywood, CA
• Production assistant – Marsha Lewis
• Art/Photography – Roy Kohara
• Embroidery – Helen Hamako Holden

Charts

Album – Billboard (United States)

Chart	Entry date	Peak position	No. of weeks
Billboard Country Albums	August 16, 1975	1(3)	33
Billboard 200	August 9, 1975	17	30

Singles – Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Hot Country Singles	Hot 100	Easy Listening
1975	"Rhinestone Cowboy"	1	1	1
1975	"Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in LA)"	3	11	1

References

• Phang, Sunny (January 3, 1976). "Pick of the Records". New Straits Times. p. 21. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
• David Cantwell. "Not Fade Away – Reissue Review from Issue No. 41 Sept–Oct 2002: Rhinestone Cowboy / Bloodline: The Lambert & Potter Sessions, 1975–1976 (Raven)". No Depression. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
• Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Rhinestone Cowboy/Bloodline". AllMusic. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
• Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Rhinestone Cowboy". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2009.

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