The Best of Arlo Guthrie

by Arlo Guthrie

The Best of Arlo Guthrie cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 51:25
  • Community rating: 3.42/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Summarizing the gentle, conversational folk-rock of Woody Guthrie's son, this retrospective highlights his knack for humorous storytelling and warm acoustic melodies. The inclusion of his sprawling, countercultural narrative epics firmly situates him as a vital, highly entertaining link in the American folk tradition.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk

Tracklist

  1. Alice's Restaurant Massacree (18:36)
  2. Gabriel's Mother's Hiway #16 Blues Ballad
  3. Cooper's Lament (2:47)
  4. Motorcycle (Significance Of The Pickle) Song
  5. Coming Into Los Angeles (3:06)
  6. Last Train (3:06)
  7. City Of New Orleans (4:34)
  8. Darkest Hour (4:07)
  9. Last To Leave (2:34)

Credits

  • Arlo Guthrie - primary artist, written-by
  • David McMacken - artwork by [cover]
  • Steve Goodman - written-by

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