Earth Rot

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{{Infobox album

| name = Earth Rot

| type = studio

| artist = David Axelrod

| cover = Earth Rot.jpeg

| released = April 22, 1970

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Baroque pop

| length = 28:50

| label = Capitol

| producer = David Axelrod

| prev_title = Songs of Experience

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = Rock Messiah

| next_year = 1971

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Jurek |first1=Thom |title=Earth Rot - David Axelrod |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/earth-rot-mw0000455318 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=31 July 2019 |language=en-us}}

}}

Earth Rot is an album by David Axelrod that released in 1970. The album was recorded with a choir singing from the Book of Isaiah and "Song of the Earth Spirit", a Navajo myth, and an orchestra that included Earl Palmer and Ernie Watts.

Track listing

All music composed by David Axelrod; "lyrics adapted by Michael T. Axelrod from The Book of Isaiah, The Old Testament and adapted from Song of the Earth Spirit, a Navajo origin legend."

;Side 1

  1. "The Warnings Part 1" – 2:52
  2. "The Warnings Part 2" – 4:27
  3. "The Warnings Part 3" – 5:06
  4. "The Warnings Part 4" – 3:11

;Side 2

  1. "The Signs Part 1" – 3:43
  2. "The Signs Part 2" – 3:43
  3. "The Signs Part 3" – 2:36
  4. "The Signs Part 4" – 3:12

Personnel

  • Allen De Rienzo – trumpet
  • Frederick Hill – trumpet
  • Dick Hyde – trombone
  • Richard Leith – trombone
  • William E. Green – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute
  • Jackie Kelso – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, flute
  • Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Don Randi – piano
  • Sonny Anderson – vibraphone
  • Gary Coleman – vibraphone
  • Dennis Budimir – guitar
  • Louis Morell – guitar
  • Robert West – bass
  • Arthur Wright – bass
  • Earl Palmer – drums
  • Clark Eran Gassman, Diana Lee, Gerri Engemann, Jacqueline Mae Ellen, Janice Gassman, Jerry Whitman, Jon Joyce, Lewis E. Moreford, Tom Bahler - choir

References