On the Track

{{Infobox album

| name = On the Track

| type = studio

| artist = Leon Redbone

| cover = Onthetrack.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1975

| recorded = 1975

| venue =

| studio = Regent Sound Studios, New York City

| genre = Ragtime

| length = 38:13

| label = Warner Bros.

| producer = Joel Dorn

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Double Time

| next_year = 1977

}}

On the Track is the debut album by Leon Redbone, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1975,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8513732/leon-redbone-dead-singer-dies-obituary|title=Leon Redbone Dies at 69|magazine=Billboard|access-date=20 May 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/leon-redbone-acclaimed-1970s-musician-dies/510624582/|title=Leon Redbone, acclaimed 1970s musician, dies|website=StarTribune.com|access-date=20 May 2021}} and reissued on CD in 1988.

The album features a cover illustration by Chuck Jones depicting the character Michigan J. Frog.

{{Album reviews

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/on-the-track-mw0000197294|title=On the Track - Leon Redbone | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|access-date=20 May 2021|website=AllMusic}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = B+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: R|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=R&bk=70|access-date=March 10, 2019}}

|rev3 = Rolling Stone

|rev3score = (not rated){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/|title=Album Reviews|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=20 May 2021}}

}}

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Sweet Mama Hurry Home or I'll Be Gone" (Jack Neville, Jimmie Rodgers) – 2:49
  2. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 4:03
  3. "My Walking Stick" (Irving Berlin) – 3:41
  4. "Lazybones" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) – 3:06
  5. "Marie" (Irving Berlin) – 4:24

Side Two

  1. "Desert Blues (Big Chief Buffalo Nickel)" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:42
  2. "Lulu's Back in Town" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:34
  3. "Some of These Days" (Shelton Brooks) – 3:16
  4. "Big Time Woman" (Wilton Crawley) – 2:44
  5. "Haunted House" (Lonnie Johnson) – 4:58
  6. "Polly Wolly Doodle" (Traditional) – 2:56

Personnel

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Gold|type=album|artist=Leon Redbone|title=On The Track|accessdate=19 February 2024|relyear=1975|certyear=1994}}

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References