Painted Head

Painted Head
Studio album by Tim Hardin
Released 1972
Recorded Apple Studios, London; Starday-King Studios, Nashville, Tennessee; A&R Studios and CBS Studios, New York City
Genre Folk
Length 45:01
Label Columbia (CK-31764)
Producer Tony Meehan
Tim Hardin chronology
Bird on a Wire
(1971)Bird on a Wire1971
Painted Head
(1972)
Nine
(1973)Nine1973

Painted Head is an album by folk artist Tim Hardin, recorded in England and released in 1972. It was Hardin's last release on Columbia Records.

Background

Hardin had moved to England in February, 1972 after the release of his album Bird on a Wire. While there he was undergoing methadone treatment for his heroin addiction. The sessions included British session musicians as well as guest Peter Frampton. The album sold poorly and his contract with Columbia was terminated.[1]

There are no original songs on Painted Head. It was re-issued by BGO Records in 2007 on CD.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

In his review for Allmusic, music critic James Chrispell wrote "This is a much different album for Tim Hardin, but it is much better than most would have thought... While Painted Head isn't that great an album, it shows that Hardin was trying to reel in his excesses and give his career some much-needed discipline."[2]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" (Willie Dixon) – 4:12
  2. "Midnight Caller" (Pete Ham) – 3:09
  3. "Yankee Lady" (Jesse Winchester) – 4:27
  4. "Lonesome Valley" (Traditional) – 4:29
  5. "Sweet Lady" (Dino, Sambello, Sembello) – 3:47

Side two

  1. "Do the Do" (Willie Dixon) – 4:20
  2. "Perfection" (Pete Ham) – 3:03
  3. "Till We Meet Again" (Neil Sheppard) – 3:13
  4. "I'll Be Home" (Randy Newman) – 5:43
  5. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Jimmy Cox) – 6:38

Personnel

Production notes

References

  1. Brend, Mark (2001). American Troubadours: Groundbreaking Singer-Songwriters of the '60s. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-87930-641-0.
  2. 1 2 Chrispell, James. "Painted Head > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
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