Old Friends (Guy Clark album)
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| Old Friends | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 28:12 | |||
| Label | Sugar Hill | |||
| Producer | Miles Wilkinson | |||
| Guy Clark chronology | ||||
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Old Friends is an album by the American musician Guy Clark, released in 1988 on Sugar Hill Records.[1][2] Clark wrote or cowrote seven of the album's ten songs.[3] Rosanne Cash and Emmylou Harris were among the backing vocalists.[4] The album was recorded in Nashville, using an 8-track.[5]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
The Sun-Sentinel wrote that "Clark's half-sung/half-spoken delivery, gentle finger-picking and the songs that are the stars."[7] The Washington Post noted that "when he stops being portentous and settles for warm, Clark's still a fine songcrafter."[8]
Track listing
- "Old Friends" (Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, Richard Dobson) – 3:12
- "Hands" (Clark, Joe Henry, Verlon Thompson) – 2:22
- "All Through Throwin' Good Love After Bad" (Clark, Richard Leigh) – 2:46
- "Immigrant Eyes" (Clark, Jim Murragh) – 3:37
- "Heavy Metal" (Clark, Jim McBride) – 3:02
- "Come From the Heart" (Susanna Clark, Richard Leigh) – 3:18
- "The Indian Cowboy" (Joe Ely) – 2:21
- "To Live Is to Fly" (Townes Van Zandt) – 3:15
- "Watermelon Dream" (Clark) – 3:23
- "Doctor Good Doctor" (Clark) – 2:33