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Glen Travis Campbell (1972)

Where the lyrics of Glen Travis Campbell take you, and where it was really made.

Glen Campbell titled this 1972 album after his own full name, yet it reached only No. 148 on Billboard's album chart.

Key places

Recorded in Hollywood (1972)

Recording site Capitol Studios — The album was recorded in Hollywood. The recording studio is listed as Capitol Studios in Los Angeles. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Glen Travis Campbell: 17th studio album by American country music artist Glen Campbell
• Released in 1972 through Capitol Records
• The title refers to the artist's full name
• Ten tracks in total, five on each side
• Side 1: I Will Never Pass This Way Again, One Last Time, Sweet Fantasy, She Thinks I Still Care, Running Scared
• Side 2: Someone to Give My Love To, All My Tomorrows, My Cricket, Just for What I Am, The Last Thing on My Mind

Background

• Glen Campbell is an American country music artist
• This is his seventeenth studio album
• The album was released through Capitol Records, the label that issued it in 1972

Recording

• Recorded in Hollywood
• Produced by Jimmy Bowen
• Arranged by Larry Muhoberac
• I Will Never Pass This Way Again and Just For What I Am arranged by Dennis McCarthy
• Sweet Fantasy arranged by Glen Campbell
• Engineers John Guess and Ed Flaherty
• Personnel: Glen Campbell on vocals and acoustic guitar, Larry Muhoberac on keyboards, Dennis McCarthy on piano

Cover

• Art direction by John Hoernie
• Design by Roy Kohara
• Photography by Don Peterson

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

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

Records

• Billboard album chart: entered in November 1972
• Peak position on the Billboard album chart: No. 148
• Remained on the Billboard album chart for thirteen weeks
• Singles: I Will Never Pass This Way Again and One Last Time, written by the Addrisi Brothers
• I Will Never Pass This Way Again reached No. 61 on the Billboard 100 pop chart
• One Last Time reached No. 78 on the Billboard 100 pop chart
• Both singles were released from this album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album's title is the singer's full name, Glen Travis Campbell.
• One Last Time was written by Don Addrisi and Dick Addrisi, known as the Addrisi Brothers.
• I Will Never Pass This Way Again was written by Ronnie Gaylord.
• Sweet Fantasy was written by Hoyt Axton, and The Last Thing on My Mind was written by Tom Paxton.
• My Cricket was written by Leon Russell.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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