hypersongs

Wichita Lineman

His eleventh studio album, a number 1 on both country and pop album charts.
Glen Campbell, 1968

De Lory produced and arranged. Besides the title song it has covers of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", Jacques Brel's "If You Go Away", the Bee Gees' "Words" and Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe", with Campbell's own "Fate of Man". Carol Kaye, Joe Osborn and Ray Pohlman played bass, Hal Blaine, Bob Felts and Jim Gordon drums, Al Casey acoustic guitar, Dennis McCarthy piano, and Jimmy Webb organ on the title track. "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" reached 3 on the country chart and 32 on the Hot 100. The engineers Hugh Davies and Joe Polito won the Grammy for best engineered recording at the 11th ceremony in 1969, and AllMusic's Bruce Eder gave it 4 of 5.

Track listing

  1. Wichita Lineman3:08
  2. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay2:35
  3. If You Go Away2:07
  4. Ann1:56
  5. Words2:50
  6. Fate of Man2:38
  7. Dreams of the Everyday Housewife2:45
  8. The Straight Life2:55
  9. Reason to Believe2:20
  10. You Better Sit Down Kids3:13
  11. That's Not Home2:35

More from Glen Campbell

Too Late To Worry-Too Blue To Cry (1963), The Astounding 12-String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1964), The Big Bad Rock Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1965), The 12 String Guitar Of Glen Campbell (1966), By The Time I Get To Phoenix (1967), Burning Bridges (1967), Hey, Little One (1968), A New Place In The Sun (1968), Country Soul (1968), That Christmas Feeling (1968), Galveston (1969), Country Music Star No. 1 (1969), Try A Little Kindness (1970), Oh Happy Day (1970), I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star) (1973), Reunion: The Songs Of Jimmy Webb (1974), I'll Paint You A Song (1975), Rhinestone Cowboy (1975), Southern Nights (1977), It's The World Gone Crazy (1981), Old Home Town (1982), The Night Before Christmas (1984), No More Night (1985), Light Years (1988), Favorite Hymns (1989), Walkin' In The Sun (1990), Show Me Your Way (1991), Unconditional Love (1991), Wings Of Victory (1992), Somebody Like That (1993), The Boy In Me (1994), Christmas With Glen Campbell (1995), Love Is The Answer; 24 Songs Of Faith, Hope And Love (2004), Meet Glen Campbell (2008), Ghost On The Canvas (2011), See You There (2013), I'll Be Me (Soundtrack) (2015), Adiós (2017)

Sources

  1. Wichita Lineman (album), Wikipedia
  2. Glen Campbell, Wikipedia