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Adiós (2017)

Where the lyrics of Adiós take you, and where it was really made.

Glen Campbell recorded this final album after an Alzheimer's diagnosis, and he died about two months after its release.

Key places

Capitol Studios, a recording site (2017)

Recording site Capitol Studios — Listed as one of the studios where the album was recorded. The album sessions ran from 2012 to 2013. The marker is set at the building level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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RCA Studios in Nashville (2017)

Recording site RCA Studios — Listed as a recording studio in Nashville, where the album was made between 2012 and 2013. The marker is set at the building level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Adiós is the 64th and final studio album by American singer-songwriter Glen Campbell
• Recorded in Nashville between 2012 and 2013
• Released June 9, 2017
• Campbell died August 8, 2017, nearly two months after release

Background

• After an Alzheimer's diagnosis, Campbell went on a 2011–2012 Farewell Tour
• After the tour he entered a Nashville studio to record a final album
• His wife Kim Campbell said he wanted to keep the musical magic that remained to him
• The album features eleven songs he had long loved but never recorded
• Producer and longtime collaborator Carl Jackson helped make the album
• Guest singers include Willie Nelson, Vince Gill, and Campbell's children Ashley, Shannon and Cal

Recording

• Carl Jackson stood with Campbell in the recording booth to record vocals line by line, because Campbell could not remember the lyrics
• Jackson said Campbell had not lost his melodies or his beautiful pitch and tone

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born April 22, 1936 in Billstown, Arkansas; began as a session guitarist in Los Angeles from 1960.
• Joined the studio group later known as The Wrecking Crew and played on recordings by many major artists.

Career

• Began a solo career in 1961; breakthrough hits included "Gentle on My Mind", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", and "Wichita Lineman" in 1967–1968.
• Hosted The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS from 1969 to 1972.
• Released 64 albums across five decades and sold over 45 million records worldwide.
• Hit "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Southern Nights" in the mid-1970s were both US number one songs.
• Won four Grammys in 1967 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.

Personal and final years

• Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2011; retired in 2013 after recording his final song.
• Died August 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 81.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The album debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard 200 with 14,000 units, nearly all from traditional album sales
• It was Campbell's 16th top 40 album on that chart
• It debuted at No. 7 on Top Country Albums, his 19th top 10 album on that chart
• In the United Kingdom it debuted at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart on 16 June 2017, his highest debut there

Reappraisal

• After Campbell's death, the album reached a new peak of No. 2 in the UK
• It was his second highest-charting album in the UK; his highest was Glen Campbell's Twenty Golden Greats, No. 1 in 1976

Records

• 72,800 copies sold in the US as of January 2018

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The first track is a cover of Fred Neil's classic "Everybody's Talkin'", released on YouTube and to the media on April 14, 2017
• The title track was made available for streaming on May 3, 2017
• The title track is the album's only single, released July 25, 2017, two weeks before Campbell's death
• Guests Willie Nelson and Vince Gill appear alongside Campbell's children Ashley, Shannon and Cal
• Eleven songs were chosen from tunes Campbell had long loved but never recorded

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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