Farewell to Paradise
Farewell to Paradise (1973) is the fourth album by Emitt Rhodes. An eclectic mixture of rock, pop, jazz-funk and soul. Due to the pressure of his record label suing him for his failure to complete his contract for 6 albums in 3 years,[2] many of the songs exhibit more somber, gloomy tones than Rhodes' previous albums.
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Released | 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Studio | Emitt Rhodes' home | |||
Genre | Rock, pop, jazz-funk, soul | |||
Label | Dunhill | |||
Producer | Emitt Rhodes | |||
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"Those That Die" is derived from "Tame The Lion", a furious anti-war song that was issued as a single in July 1972. "Tame the Lion" has a fast tempo, and "Those That Die" uses part of the lyrics from the bridge of "Tame the Lion", but at a slow tempo and chords from a minor key.
The initial pressings of this album were mispressed and featured the audio from the unreleased album by Toronto band Dixie Rumproast - Well Done. Many of them are still in circulation.
Track listing
All songs by Emitt Rhodes
- "Warm Self Sacrifice"
- "See No Evil"
- "Drawn to You"
- "Blue Horizon"
- "Shoot the Moon"
- "Only Lovers Decide"
- "Trust Once More"
- "Nights Are Lonely"
- "Bad Man"
- "In Desperate Need"
- "Those That Die"
- "Farewell to Paradise"
Personnel
- Emitt Rhodes - all instruments and voices
- Keith Olsen - mixdown engineer
- Richard Dashut - assistant mixdown engineer
References
- Emitt Rhodes: Recorded at Home, by Kevin Ryan, Tape Op #33, Jan. 2003, pp 44–50.
- Farewell to Paradise at AllMusic
- Emitt Rhodes by Steven J. Hyden at Furious.com