Steve Goodman (album)
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| Steve Goodman | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 1971[1] | |||
| Studio | Quadrafonic, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 46:40 (reissue) | |||
| Label | Buddah | |||
| Producer | Norbert Putnam, Kris Kristofferson | |||
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Steve Goodman is the debut album of singer/songwriter Steve Goodman, released in 1971. It included both of his most well-known compositions: "City of New Orleans", first covered by Arlo Guthrie, and an early version of "You Never Even Call Me by My Name," which, with some modifications, was covered by David Allan Coe. In 1990 Sequel Records issued the album on CD.[2]
The album was reissued on CD in 1999 and included two bonus tracks, "Election Year Rag" and "Georgia Rag". The album was a critical success, although a commercial failure.[3]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [4] |
| Q |  [2] |
In reviewing the 1999 reissue, AllMusic critic William Ruhlmann called "City of New Orleans" the "obvious standout" and wrote, "At a time when sensitive singer/songwriters were all the rage (a trend that probably earned Goodman his record contract), this was one guy who was at least as interested in picking an old country song as he was in baring his soul."[4] John Bauldie in Q described the album as "essentially a recording of the best of his folk club repertoire".[2]
