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Artificial Paradise (The Guess Who album)

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Released
  
January 1973

Artificial Paradise (1973)
  
#10 (1973)

Release date
  
January 1973

Label
  
Nimbus 9 Records

Length
  
39:39

Artist
  
The Guess Who

Producer
  
Jack Richardson

Genre
  
Rock music

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Recorded
  
1972 at RCA's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, California

Similar
  
The Guess Who albums, Rock music albums

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Artificial Paradise is the eleventh studio album by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who and the first to feature Bill Wallace on bass guitar. Musically, Artificial Paradise finds The Guess Who showcasing a variety of styles: rockers ("Orly", "All Hashed Out," "Rock and Roller Steam"), ballads ("Samantha's Living Room," "Lost and Found Town"), and even world music ("Hamba Gahle-Usalang Gahle"). Nevertheless, the album is likely best remembered for its record jacket and inner sleeve, which is an extensive lampoon of direct mail advertising, and mentions The Guess Who only in passing (and does not mention the album title on the front cover at all).

Contents

Despite the memorable cover art—or, perhaps, because of it—the album's sales figures fell far short of projections. As a result, Artificial Paradise became a staple in cut-out LP bins all across America and Canada during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Track listing

  1. "Bye Bye Babe" (2:50) (Winter/Wallace) [Wallace on Vocals]
  2. "Samantha's Living Room" (3:26) (McDougall) [McDougall on Vocals]
  3. "Rock and Roller Steam" (3:19) (Winter/Wallace)
  4. "Follow Your Daughter Home" (3:29) (The Guess Who)
  5. "Those Show Biz Shoes" (6:49) (Cummings)
  6. "All Hashed Out" (4:41) (Wallace/Winter/Cummings) [Wallace on Vocals]
  7. "Orly" (2:35) (Cummings)
  8. "Lost and Found Town" (3:49) (McDougall) [McDougall on Vocals]
  9. "Hamba Gahle-Usalang Gahle" (4:53) (Cummings/Winter/Wallace)
  10. "The Watcher" (3:10) (Wallace/Cummings)

Personnel

  • Burton Cummings - Lead vocals, keyboards, flute, quotation author
  • Kurt Winter - Guitar
  • Donnie McDougall - Guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on 2 & 8
  • Bill Wallace - Bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on 1 & 6
  • Garry Peterson - Drums, percussion
  • Stanley Winistock - fiddle on 7 (belatedly credited on the #10 release)
  • Vic Anesini - Mastering
  • Ralph Chapman - Liner Notes
  • Brian Christian - Engineer
  • Pacific Eye & Ear - Concept
  • Jack Richardson - Producer
  • Marty Slick - Liner Notes
  • Dennis Smith - Technician
  • Lorrie Sullivan - Photography
  • Ron Thompson - Writer
  • Charts

    Album

    Singles

    Songs

    1Bye Bye Babe2:47
    2Samantha's Living Room3:28
    3Rock and Roller Steam3:23

    References

    Artificial Paradise (The Guess Who album) Wikipedia