Cardiff Rose
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| Studio album by Roger McGuinn | ||||
| Released | May 1976 | |||
| Recorded | The Record Plant, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 36:06 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Mick Ronson | |||
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| Robert Christgau | B− |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable) link |
Cardiff Rose is a solo studio album by American singer/songwriter and ex-The Byrds frontman Roger McGuinn, released in 1976. The album, produced by Mick Ronson, was recorded on the heels of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue 1975 tour, in which both McGuinn and Ronson had participated. The album includes a pirate tale "Jolly Roger", a song about King Arthur's "Round Table", and a classic version of Joni Mitchell's "Dreamland".
Stylistically, the album varies from traditional sounding folk and sea chanty music (such as the aforementioned "Jolly Roger") to hard, gritty rock tunes strongly influenced by the burgeoning punk rock movement (such as "Rock and Roll Time").
All titles are written by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy except where otherwise noted.
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