Aquashow
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Aquashow was the debut album by singer-songwriter Elliott Murphy and was reviewed by Paul Nelson in Rolling Stone[2] along with Bruce Springsteen's The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle under the headline "He's the Best Dylan since 1968" which earned them both the "New-Dylan" tag. When Aquashow was released on CD in 1988 it was reviewed by Robert Hilburn in the LA Times under the title "A Compelling Aquashow"[3] and in 2006, thirty-three years after the original release, the album was called an "Album Classic" in a full-page review in UNCUT[4] magazine.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Elliott Murphy
- "Last of The Rock Stars"
- "How's The Family"
- "Hangin' Out"
- "Hometown"
- "Graveyard Scrapbook"
- "Poise 'N Pen"
- "Marilyn"
- "White Middle Class Blues"
- "Like a Great Gatsby" (listed as "Like a Crystal Microphone" in the US edition to avoid violating copyrights on the novel)
- "Don't Go Away"
Personnel
- Elliott Murphy - vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
- Gene Parsons - drums, background vocals
- Tasha Thomas - background vocals
- Dennis Ferrante - background vocals
- Teddy Irwin - acoustic guitar
- Jim Mason - background vocals
- Eddie Mottau - background vocals
- Linda November - background vocals
- Frank Owens - keyboards
- Pat Rebillot - keyboards on "Hangin' Out", "Marilyn" and "Like a Crystal Microphone"
- Maretha Stewart - background vocals
- Dick Wagner - background vocals
- Matthew Murphy - bass, background vocals
- Rick Marotta - drums on "How's The Family"
- Technical
- Shelly Yakus - recording engineer
- Paula Bisacca - artwork
- Jack Mitchell - photography