Greenhouse (Leo Kottke album)

Greenhouse is American guitarist Leo Kottke's fifth album, his second on the Capitol label, released in 1972. It was recorded in three days. From the liner notes: "In the sense that my guitars were once plants, this record's a greenhouse.” There are seven instrumentals and four vocals. It reached No. 127 on the Billboard 200 chart.[1]

Greenhouse
Studio album by
Leo Kottke
ReleasedJanuary 1972
RecordedSound 80
GenreFolk, New Acoustic, American Primitive Guitar
Length35:00
LabelCapitol
ProducerDenny Bruce
Leo Kottke chronology
Mudlark
(1971)		 Greenhouse
(1972)		 My Feet Are Smiling
(1973)

It was re-issued on CD by One Way Records in 1995.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide[3]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Bruce Eder noted that the album was less ambitious that Kottke's previous release and wrote of the album "... Greenhouse is a true solo record that offers several surprises. Over a third of it is made up of vocal numbers, including two that are absolutely superb... Some of the mastering isn't quite as clean here as it is on other titles in Kottke's catalog, but otherwise this is an acceptable reissue of an album that is, perhaps, under appreciated because of its relatively high concentration of vocal numbers by the guitarist."[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Leo Kottke, except where indicated.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bean Time" 2:32
2."Tiny Island"Al Gaylor3:46
3."The Song of the Swamp" 3:00
4."In Christ There Is No East or West"John Fahey2:12
5."Last Steam Engine Train"Fahey, Sam McGee3:00
6."From the Cradle to the Grave"Kottke, Ron Nagle3:23
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Louise"Paul Siebel4:02
8."The Spanish Entomologist"traditional; arranged by Kottke2:24
9."Owls" 5:00
10."You Don't Have to Need Me" 4:37
11."Lost John"traditional; arranged by Kottke2:15
Total length:35:00

Personnel
  • Leo Kottke – 6- & 12-string guitar, vocals
  • Steve Gammell – second guitar on "Lost John"

Production notes
  • Producer: Denny Bruce (Takoma Productions)
  • Recorded at Sound Eighty, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Engineer: Paul "Shorty" Martinson
  • Album Design: Good Time Graphix
  • Photography & Artwork: Bill Matthews

References
  1. "Greenhouse - Leo Kottke | Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. Eder, Bruce. "Greenhouse > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  3. Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. 210, 599.
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