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Gone Crazy (album)

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Gone Crazy
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1973
GenreRock
Length38:39
LabelA&M[1]
ProducerDavid Briggs
Grin chronology
All Out
(1973)
Gone Crazy
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Gone Crazy is a 1973 album by Grin. It was the band's final album.[4]

The original album was a gatefold. The outside front and back covers feature a colorful drawing, by Lanny Tupper, of animals, dishes, and musical instruments going crazy. A photo of Nils Lofgren doing a flip is also on the front cover. The inside cover has nineteen photos of the band, performing and hanging out with an old man, identified as Mr. Carter.

Critical reception

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide called the harder numbers "the toughest and most assured the band ever produced."[3]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Nils Lofgren

Side One:

  1. "You're the Weight" - 5:11
  2. "Boy and Girl" - 4:31
  3. "What About Me" - 4:27
  4. "One More Time" - 5:10

Side Two:

  1. "True Thrill" - 3:08
  2. "Beggar's Day (Eulogy to Danny Whitten)" - 4:18
  3. "Nightmare" - 3:42
  4. "Believe" - 3:55
  5. "Ain't for Free" - 4:17

Personnel

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Grin
  • Nils Lofgren - guitars, keyboards, lead vocals
  • Bob Berberich - drums, lead vocals
  • Bob Gordon - bass, backing vocals
  • Tom Lofgren - guitars, backing vocals

Etc.

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These liner notes are written in script around the photograph and are hard to read, so some spelling may be wrong.

  • For their invaluable assistance on and off the road, thanks to our friends Jimmy Foster, Tom Miller and John Lockbridge.
  • Special thanks to Clydie M. King, Sherlie Matthews and Merry Clayton for behind vocals.
  • For all artwork, cover & back, thanks to Lonnie Tupper (Lanny Tupper) for his talents & interest above and beyond the call of duty.
  • Management - "Smart" Art Linson.
  • Photography Connie Sprague (cover photo) & R. Ottinger.
  • Engineered by David Briggs w/ Bob, Bill & Gabby
  • Recorded at Bias.
  • We are deeply grateful to Bobbye Hall for all her percussion work.

References

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All information from album cover and label, unless otherwise noted.[5]

  1. ^ "Nils Lofgren and Grin's sunny take on rock n' roll". Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 292.
  4. ^ "Nils Lofgren". MTV News. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021.
  5. ^ Gone Crazy', Grin, A&M SP-4415 (1973) LP