Cold Fact

by Rodriguez

Cold Fact cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 March 1970
  • Label: Sussex
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 32:20
  • Community rating: 4.18/5 from 8 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Ignored in the United States upon release but achieving legendary, mythical status in South Africa and Australia, Rodriguez's debut is a stunning folk-rock masterpiece. 'Cold Fact' is wonderfully poetic and fiercely conscious, weaving deeply bittersweet, highly psychedelic urban storytelling with remarkably philosophical, drug-tinged political protest.

Genres

Descriptors: political, drugs, protest, conscious, storytelling, male-vocals, acoustic, folk

Tracklist

  1. Sugar Man (3:49)
  2. Only Good For Conversation (2:23)
  3. Crucify Your Mind (2:32)
  4. This Is Not a Song, It's an Outburst: Or, the Establishment Blues (2:06)
  5. Hate Street Dialogue (2:33)
  6. Forget It (1:50)
  7. Inner City Blues (3:26)
  8. I Wonder (2:34)
  9. Like Janis (2:36)
  10. Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme) (2:21)
  11. Rich Folks Hoax (3:05)
  12. Jane S. Piddy (3:00)

Credits

  • Sixto Rodriguez - primary artist, vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Mike Theodore - arranged by [brass and strings], keyboards, producer, arranged by
  • Carl Raetz - baritone saxophone, leader, trombone [3 trombones]
  • Bob Babbitt - bass
  • Andrew Smith - drums
  • Dennis Coffey - electric guitar, producer, arranged by
  • Bob Ludwig - lacquer cut by
  • Lee Hulko - lacquer cut by
  • Gordon Staples - leader [strings]
  • Robert Pangborn - percussion
  • Theo-Coff Productions - producer
  • Detroit Symphony Orchestra - strings

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