Selling the Gold | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1995 | |||
Studio | ICP | |||
Label | Musidisc | |||
Producer | Djoum, Elliott Murphy | |||
Elliott Murphy chronology | ||||
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Selling the Gold is an album by the American musician Elliott Murphy, released in Europe 1995. [1] [2] It was released in the United States in January 1996. [3] Murphy, who had for years been selling better in Europe, shot a video for "Love to America". [4] Murphy supported the album with a North American tour. [5]
Recorded at ICP Studios, in Brussels, Belgium, the album was produced by Djoum and Murphy. [6] [7] Bruce Springsteen sang on "Everything I Do (Leads Me Back to You)". [8] Violent Femmes played on "King of the Serpentine". [9] Sonny Landreth appeared on "Then I'm Gonna Make Love to You". [10] "Is Fellini Really Dead" is a tribute to the director, for whom Murphy had worked. [11] "Selling the Gold" is about selling a ring to a pawn shop. [12] "Buddy and Peggy Sue" examines a couple on a road trip. [13]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Republican | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Newsday likened the album to Murphy's debut, writing that, "from the instrumentation to the thematic material, the two records, decades apart, draw a portrait of a troubadour who's stuck to his guns." [14] The Hartford Courant stated the Murphy's lyrics are "tightly wound novellas with strong images and fresh metaphors." [10] The St. Louis Post-Dispatch praised "Taste the Good Life" and "Love to America". [15] Tulsa World noted that Murphy "tells rambling tales with a probing, decadent post-hippie perspective." [16]
Stereo Review opined: "He plays acoustic guitar for texture and clear-toned leads for embellishment, while his voice—a Lou Reed by Bob Dylan urban-folk burr that shapes words with a poet's open heart and a rocker's offhand wit—is an unmistakable instrument in its own right." [17] The Fort Worth Star-Telegram wrote that "Murphy weaves his pithy, highly intelligent narratives and observations (mainly about America in these twisted times) into 11 mainly country-flavored songs." [18] The Daily Herald deemed Selling the Gold "a mature work by one of the best rock singer-songwriters you've probably never heard of." [19]
AllMusic called the album "a group of folk-rock songs full of highly literate lyrics that commented on modern life from an ironic perspective." [11]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Love to America" | |
2. | "Take Your Love Away" | |
3. | "Everything I Do (Leads Me Back to You)" | |
4. | "Taste the Good Life" | |
5. | "Selling the Gold" | |
6. | "A Whole New World" | |
7. | "Buddy and Peggy Sue" | |
8. | "Real Times" | |
9. | "Is Fellini Really Dead" | |
10. | "Then I'm Gonna Make Love to You" | |
11. | "King of the Serpentine" |
Selling the Gold | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1995 | |||
Studio | ICP | |||
Label | Musidisc | |||
Producer | Djoum, Elliott Murphy | |||
Elliott Murphy chronology | ||||
|
Selling the Gold is an album by the American musician Elliott Murphy, released in Europe 1995. [1] [2] It was released in the United States in January 1996. [3] Murphy, who had for years been selling better in Europe, shot a video for "Love to America". [4] Murphy supported the album with a North American tour. [5]
Recorded at ICP Studios, in Brussels, Belgium, the album was produced by Djoum and Murphy. [6] [7] Bruce Springsteen sang on "Everything I Do (Leads Me Back to You)". [8] Violent Femmes played on "King of the Serpentine". [9] Sonny Landreth appeared on "Then I'm Gonna Make Love to You". [10] "Is Fellini Really Dead" is a tribute to the director, for whom Murphy had worked. [11] "Selling the Gold" is about selling a ring to a pawn shop. [12] "Buddy and Peggy Sue" examines a couple on a road trip. [13]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Republican | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Newsday likened the album to Murphy's debut, writing that, "from the instrumentation to the thematic material, the two records, decades apart, draw a portrait of a troubadour who's stuck to his guns." [14] The Hartford Courant stated the Murphy's lyrics are "tightly wound novellas with strong images and fresh metaphors." [10] The St. Louis Post-Dispatch praised "Taste the Good Life" and "Love to America". [15] Tulsa World noted that Murphy "tells rambling tales with a probing, decadent post-hippie perspective." [16]
Stereo Review opined: "He plays acoustic guitar for texture and clear-toned leads for embellishment, while his voice—a Lou Reed by Bob Dylan urban-folk burr that shapes words with a poet's open heart and a rocker's offhand wit—is an unmistakable instrument in its own right." [17] The Fort Worth Star-Telegram wrote that "Murphy weaves his pithy, highly intelligent narratives and observations (mainly about America in these twisted times) into 11 mainly country-flavored songs." [18] The Daily Herald deemed Selling the Gold "a mature work by one of the best rock singer-songwriters you've probably never heard of." [19]
AllMusic called the album "a group of folk-rock songs full of highly literate lyrics that commented on modern life from an ironic perspective." [11]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Love to America" | |
2. | "Take Your Love Away" | |
3. | "Everything I Do (Leads Me Back to You)" | |
4. | "Taste the Good Life" | |
5. | "Selling the Gold" | |
6. | "A Whole New World" | |
7. | "Buddy and Peggy Sue" | |
8. | "Real Times" | |
9. | "Is Fellini Really Dead" | |
10. | "Then I'm Gonna Make Love to You" | |
11. | "King of the Serpentine" |