Coming From Reality

by Rodriguez

Coming From Reality cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 November 1971
  • Label: Sussex
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:51
  • Community rating: 4.15/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded in London with producer Steve Rowland, the sophomore studio effort features more expansive orchestrations and string arrangements compared to the artist's debut. The tracks prioritize urban storytelling and social commentary, reflecting the reality of life in industrial Detroit. It represents a significant step in his move toward increasingly sophisticated folk-rock narratives, prioritization poetic depth and structural elegance.

Genres

Descriptors: Orchestral, Storytelling, acoustic, social-commentary, literate, male-vocals, melodic, literary, folk

Tracklist

  1. Climb Up On My Music (4:51)
  2. A Most Disgusting Song (4:44)
  3. I Think Of You (3:22)
  4. Heikki's Suburbia Bus Tour (3:18)
  5. Silver Words? (1:59)
  6. Sandrevan Lullaby-Lifestyles (6:35)
  7. To Whom It May Concern (3:18)
  8. It Started Out So Nice (3:55)
  9. Halfway Up The Stairs (2:24)
  10. Cause (5:25)

Credits

  • Sixto Rodriguez - primary artist, music by, lyrics by, written-by
  • Jimmy Horowitz - arranged by
  • Phil Dennys - arranged by
  • Milton Sincoff - creative director [director of creative packaging and merchandising]
  • Alan Corbeth - lacquer cut by

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