Alice's Restaurant (album)
Alice's Restaurant is the debut album by Arlo Guthrie released in September 1967 by Reprise Records. It features one of his most famous songs, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree". A steady seller, the album peaked at #29 on the Billboard 200 album chart on the week of March 2, 1968.[4] It then reappeared on the charts in 1969, and it peaked at #17 in November of that year.[5]
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| Released | October 1967 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 34:36 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Fred Hellerman | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Rolling Stone | (Positive)[2] |
| The Village Voice | B+[3] |
In 1996, Guthrie recorded the same material live for the album Alice's Restaurant: The Massacree Revisited.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Arlo Guthrie.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" | 18:20 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 2. | "Chilling of the Evening" | 3:01 |
| 3. | "Ring-Around-a-Rosy Rag" | 2:10 |
| 4. | "Now and Then" | 2:15 |
| 5. | "I'm Going Home" | 3:12 |
| 6. | "The Motorcycle Song" | 2:58 |
| 7. | "Highway in the Wind" | 2:40 |
| Total length: | 34:36 | |
Personnel
- Arlo Guthrie – vocals, guitar
- The unknown musicians who play the electric guitar, standup bass, and drums
- Al Brown – assistant production
- Fred Hellerman – production
- Ed Thrasher – art direction
- Richard Chalfin – cover concept
- Sherman Weisburd – cover photography
References
- Lindsay Planer. "Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
- Jann Wenner (April 20, 2000). "Alice's Restaurant: 30th Anniversary Edition". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008.
- Christgau, Robert (December 20, 1976). "Christgau's Consumer Guide to 1967". The Village Voice. New York. p. 69. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1968-03-02
- https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1969-11-15
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