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John Hartford (album)

John Hartford
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Studio album by John Hartford
Released 1969
Genre Folk, country, novelty
Label RCA Victor
Producer Felton Jarvis
John Hartford chronology
Housing Project
(1968)Housing Project1968
John Hartford
(1969)
Iron Mountain Depot
(1970)Iron Mountain Depot1970
Alternative cover
2002 BMG Re-issue
2002 BMG Re-issue
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
AllMusic 3/5 stars
Robert Christgau D+

John Hartford is John Hartford's fifth album, released in 1969. It reached number 137 on The Billboard 200 chart. Like all of his RCA recordings, it was reissued in 2002. in the reissue package, John Hartford is combined with his sixth album, Iron Mountain Depot, and a seventh unreleased album of RCA material, Radio John.

Music critic Stewart Mason, writing for AllMusic, wrote of the album "RCA probably thought they were just signing the guy who wrote "Gentle on My Mind" when they signed John Hartford back in 1966, but his own albums just kept getting stranger and stranger during the late '60s, culminating in this bizarre piece of orchestrated country-tinged art rock from 1969" Music critic Robert Christgau rated the album a D+ on his scale and wrote "Hartford is an engaging singer and an excellent songwriter, but the production and arrangements on this record are criminal... and the material very thin..."

All tracks written by John Hartford.

All tracks written by John Hartford, except where noted.


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