The American Dream (Emitt Rhodes album)

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Released 1970 The American Dream(1970) Emitt Rhodes(1970) Release date 1970 Genre Baroque pop		Recorded 1967-1969 Artist Emitt Rhodes Label A&M Records

Producer Larry Marks, Peter Pilafian Similar Mirror, Farewell to Paradise, Emitt Rhodes, Rainbow Ends

The American Dream is Emitt Rhodes' first album. It was recorded from 1967 to 1969, but released in 1970 as a contractual obligation to A&M Records. The album was reissued in 1971 in response to the success of his self-titled debut album on Dunhill Records.

Track listing

All songs by Emitt Rhodes

"Mother Earth" – 2:29
"Pardon Me" – 2:46
"Textile Factory" – 3:04
"Someone Died" – 2:04
"Come Ride, Come Ride" – 2:53
"Let's All Sing" – 2:41
"Holly Park" – 2:59
"You're a Very Lovely Woman" – 2:52
"Mary Will You Take My Hand" – 2:21
"The Man He Was" - 2:59
"In the Days of the Old" – 2:13
"'Til the Day After" – 2:46

NOTE: "Saturday Night" – 1:59 was on the short-lived original release in 1970, but was deleted in favor of "You're a Very Lovely Woman" on the more well-known re-release in 1971. "Saturday Night" does appear on Listen, Listen — the Definitive Collection of The Merry-Go-Round & "The Emitt Rhodes Recordings (1969–1973)".