Tarzana Kid is an album by American singer-songwriter John Sebastian, released in 1974. The album was a commercial failure and did not chart. His next album which featured "Welcome Back" was his last for the Reprise label.

Tarzana Kid
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1974
GenrePop, rock
Length29:57
LabelReprise
ProducerErik Jacobsen, John Sebastian
John Sebastian chronology
The Four of Us
(1971)
Tarzana Kid
(1974)
Welcome Back
(1976)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [1]
Robert ChristgauC−[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [3]
Mojo     [4]
MusicHound Rock4/5[5]

In his retrospective Allmusic review, critic William Ruhlmann wrote "while this sounds like a hodgepodge, John Sebastian manages to pull it off with his usual aplomb."[1]

Reissues

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Tarzana Kid was reissued on CD in 2007 by Collectors' Choice Music and in 2008 by Rhino Entertainment.

Track listing

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All songs written by John Sebastian except where noted.

  1. "Sitting in Limbo" (Jimmy Cliff, Gully Bright) – 3:29
  2. "Friends Again" – 2:28
  3. "Dixie Chicken" (Lowell George, Fred Martin) – 3:49
  4. "Stories We Could Tell" – 3:09
  5. "Face of Appalachia" (Lowell George, John Sebastian) – 4:20
  6. "Wildwood Flower" (Traditional) – 1:43
  7. "Wild About My Lovin'" – 3:05
  8. "Singing the Blues" (Melvin Endsley) – 2:22
  9. "Sportin' Life" (Traditional) – 3:09
  10. "Harpoon" – 2:23

Personnel

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Musicians

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Production

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  • Erik Jacobsen – producer
  • John Sebastian – producer
  • Donn Landee – engineer
  • John Boyd – engineer
  • Peter Granet – engineer
  • Steve Jarvis – engineer
  • David Paich – string arrangement

References

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  1. ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Tarzana Kid > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Tarzana Kid > Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. ^ Eccleston, Danny (March 2019). "Gimme Some Lovin'". Mojo. No. 304. p. 35.
  5. ^ Rucker, Leland (1996). "Lovin' Spoonful / John Sebastian". In Graff, Gary (ed.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit, Michigan: Visible Ink Press. pp. 422–423. ISBN 0-7876-1037-2 – via the Internet Archive.