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Old No. 1 is the highly influential 1975 debut album by Texas singer-songwriter Guy Clark. The cover of the original LP featured a painting by Susanna Clark and liner notes by Jerry Jeff Walker. It was reissued on CD by Sugar Hill. Both Old No. 1 and Texas Cookin' were re-issued on CD on the Camden label in 2001.
This country album is a good listen. It's not groundbreaking, but excellent musicians, nice lyrics and decent songs. Just a bit little middle of the road and never urgent or surprising.
Decent country LP that wasn't exactly groundbreaking for its time when it dropped in the '70s considering the historical context, though it's a solid enough listen. Waffled on this one a bit, but Texas features prominently and that's where I'm from so I will give it an additional star.
Excellent… this list has plenty of room for some of the classic greats of country and Guy Clark seems to qualify. Seemed vaguely familiar at times and I wouldn’t be surprised to learn I’ve listened to this somewhere in my past. Terrific!
Superbly written album. Desperados is a brilliant song
Good stuff. Found myself tapping my toes and interested in the story telling.
A real forgotten classic of lyricism and country. A nicely crafted album that is concise and complex while also being something that is enjoyable and having a few songs that have endless replay value. LA Freeway is a fantastic song and this album is always a good listen. 8.0/10
I'm not a Country fan, but I appreciate the excellent lyricism on this album. I also think the original list would have benefit from a couple of extra Country albums, so this is a good suggestion.
Wow just a great fuckin album top to botton. Guy is my guy
I can get down with this good country
Solid old timey country, with all the usual associated pluses and minuses that implies. More of the pluses and less of the minuses, actually. Love the cover art. Can't wrap my head around that voice coming from that ungrizzled person. Anyway, if you enjoy a good simile, this is the album for you!
This is some pretty good, pretty simple country. Not too heavy on the folk, but bearable when it does dip its toes in. 4/5.
Just solid outlaw Country here. Good writing, well performed and great, understated use of backing vocals. A lot of the lyrics are maybe a little on the nose - typical of this idiom there is not much subtlety. But I can be there for perfectly straightforward for an LP.
Good stuff. It’s funny, I absolutely hate modern country like Toby Keith and all that other bullshit, but stuff like this I love. Thanks for adding this to the list!
Old macdonald had guy clark, he was number one
Rating: 6/10
3 Got nothing to say about this album
Outlaw Country, Progressive country. Ni fu ni fa.
Ngl I barely remember this past thinking that it was some pretty good country music and that the Wikipedia page sounded self written.