Hobo's Lullaby (album)

Hobo's Lullaby
Studio album by
Arlo Guthrie
ReleasedApril 1972
RecordedOctober–December 1971
GenreFolk, folk rock
Length37:20
LabelReprise
ProducerLenny Waronker, John Pilla
Arlo Guthrie chronology
Washington County
(1970) 		Hobo's Lullaby
(1972) 		Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Billboard(favorable)[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[3]
New York Times(favorable)[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Hobo's Lullaby is an album by the American folk singer Arlo Guthrie.[5] It was released in 1972 on Reprise Records. It was re-released on Rising Son Records in 1997. The album contains Guthrie's only Top 40 hit, a cover of Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans".

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Anytime"Herbert Lawson1:46
2."The City of New Orleans"Steve Goodman4:31
3."Lightning Bar Blues"Hoyt Axton2:47
4."Shackles and Chains"Jimmie Davis2:49
5."1913 Massacre"Woody Guthrie4:15
6."Somebody Turned on the Light"Hoyt Axton3:13
7."Ukulele Lady"Richard A. Whiting, Gus Kahn3:21
8."When the Ship Comes In"Bob Dylan4:24
9."Mapleview (20%) Rag"Arlo Guthrie2:05
10."Days Are Short"Arlo Guthrie4:15
11."Hobo's Lullaby"Goebel Reeves3:57

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ^ Newsom, Jim. "Arlo Guthrie - Hobo's Lullaby". AllMusic. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Billboard Album Reviews". Billboard. Vol. 84, no. 22. 1972-05-27. p. 53. Retrieved 2024-03-04 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Mayer, Ira (1972-08-27). "The New Folk Singers—From Burns to Croce". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  5. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 295.



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