Contribution

by Shawn Phillips

Contribution cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1970
  • Label: A&M
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:14
  • Community rating: 3.63/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded partially in London with members of Traffic, this ambitious release highlighted the Texan artist's astonishing vocal range and intricate acoustic guitar mastery. The sprawling, genre-defying compositions meld pastoral folk with Indian raga elements, establishing him as a uniquely progressive voice in the singer-songwriter movement. It set the stage for his subsequent, highly acclaimed conceptual trilogy.

Genres

Descriptors: male-vocals, acoustic, falsetto, personal, diverse

Tracklist

  1. Man Hole Covered Wagon (4:33)
  2. L Ballade (6:47)
  3. Not Quite Nonsense (1:46)
  4. No Question (3:43)
  5. Withered Roses (8:20)
  6. For Rfk Jfk & Mlk (4:54)
  7. Lovely Lady (3:57)
  8. Screamers For Phlyses (6:10)

Credits

More from Shawn Phillips: full discography