Cardiff Rose

by Roger McGuinn

Cardiff Rose cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1976
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:46
  • Community rating: 3.71/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

For his fourth solo effort, the former Byrds frontman enlisted Mick Ronson to produce a muscular, driving rock record. Heavily inspired by his recent participation in the Rolling Thunder Revue, the music pairs standard country-rock elements with aggressive, glam-tinged production and pirate-themed storytelling.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, jangly, storytelling, acoustic, harmonies, guitar-driven, male-vocals, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Take Me Away (3:02)
  2. Jolly Roger (4:57)
  3. Rock and Roll Time (2:47)
  4. Friend (2:08)
  5. Partners In Crime (4:52)
  6. Up to Me (5:37)
  7. Round Table (4:07)
  8. Pretty Polly (3:16)
  9. Dreamland (5:21)
  10. Soul Love (3:04)
  11. Dreamland - Live (5:29)

Credits

  • Roger McGuinn - primary artist, vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, written-by, arranged by
  • Rob Stoner - bass, percussion, vocals
  • Howard Wyeth - drums, percussion
  • Kim Hutchcroft - saxophone
  • Timothy B. Schmit - vocals
  • Jacques Levy - written-by
  • Bob Neuwirth - written-by
  • Kris Kristofferson - written-by

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