Duit on Mon Dei

Duit On Mon Dei
Studio album by
Nilsson
ReleasedMarch 1975
RecordedJuly–December 1974
StudioRCA's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, California
GenrePop
Length32:31
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerHarry Nilsson
Nilsson chronology
Pussy Cats
(1974) 		Duit On Mon Dei
(1975) 		Sandman
(1976)
Singles from Duit On Mon Dei
  1. "Kojak Columbo" / "Turn Out the Light"
    Released: February 1975
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]
The Essential Rock Discography4/10[3]

Duit on Mon Dei is the eleventh album by Harry Nilsson. The original title for this album was God's Greatest Hits but management at RCA Records didn't approve. The title is a punning spelling of "Do It On Monday," playing on the British Monarchy's motto Dieu et mon droit (God and my right). The pun was originally used on the cover of Ringo Starr's 1973 album Ringo.

Duit on Mon Dei marks the first time Nilsson acted as his own producer. Due to the record's eclectic sonics, critic Robert Christgau (negatively) likened Nilsson's production style to "an audio salesman".[4] Despite mixed reception upon release, The A.V. Club retrospectively dubbed Duit on Mon Dei "vastly underrated".[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Harry Nilsson, except where noted

  1. "Jesus Christ You're Tall" – 1:20 (demo version; re-recorded on Sandman)
  2. "It's a Jungle Out There" – 3:57
  3. "Down by the Sea" – 2:30
  4. "Kojak Columbo" – 3:30
  5. "Easier for Me" – 2:30 (previously recorded by Ringo Starr as "Easy for Me" on Goodnight Vienna)[6]
  6. "Turn Out the Light" – 2:27
  7. "Salmon Falls" (Nilsson, Klaus Voormann) – 4:10
  8. "Puget Sound" – 2:22
  9. "What's Your Sign" (featuring Gloria Jones and the Zodiac Singers) – 2:50
  10. "Home" – 3:32
  11. "Good for God" – 3:23 (re-recorded later for In God We Tru$t.)

The 8-track tape version (RCA APS1-0817) included excerpts from "Salmon Falls" placed throughout Programs 1 and 2, and then in full length at the beginning of Program 3, as well as "Turn Out The Light (Reprise)" closing the album at the end of Program 4. None of the excerpted versions of "Salmon Falls" or "Turn Out The Light (Reprise)" appear on any other format of the album, nor are there any such versions included with compilation albums or non-album singles:

  1. Program 1: Salmon Falls : Jesus Christ You're Tall : Salmon Falls : It's a Jungle Out There : Salmon Falls : Down By The Sea
  2. Program 2: Kojak Columbo : Easier For Me : Salmon Falls : Turn Out The Light
  3. Program 3: Salmon Falls : Puget Sound : What's Your Sign
  4. Program 4: Home : Good For God : Turn Out The Light (Reprise)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ link
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: N". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Edinburgh, UK: Canongate. p. 758. ISBN 978-1-84195-827-9.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (1975). "Robert Christgau: Nilsson". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  5. ^ Murray, Noel (January 20, 2011). "Gateways to Geekery: Harry Nilsson". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  6. ^ "Goodnight Vienna". 19 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Nilsson – Duit on Mon dei (1975, Hollywood Press, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1975.