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One-Eyed Jack (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = One-Eyed Jack

| type = Studio album

| artist = Garland Jeffreys

| cover =One-Eyed Jack (album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 1978

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Atlantic Studios, New York City

| genre = Rock

| length =

| label = A&M

| producer = David Spinozza, Garland Jeffreys

| prev_title = Ghost Writer

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = American Boy & Girl

| next_year = 1979

}}

One-Eyed Jack is an album by Garland Jeffreys, released in 1978 on A&M Records.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/garland-jeffreys-mn0000164750/biography|title=Garland Jeffreys Biography & History|website=AllMusic}} It was recorded at Atlantic Studios, in New York City, and produced by Jeffreys and David Spinozza. It was dedicated: "in Memory of my childhood idol, Jackie Robinson ... here comes the One-Eyed Jack, Sometimes white and sometimes black".

The album peaked at No. 99 on the Billboard 200.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/garland-jeffreys/chart-history/tlp/|title=Garland Jeffreys|website=Billboard}}

Critical reception

{{album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/one-eyed-jack-mw0000854847|title=One-Eyed Jack|website=AllMusic}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = C+{{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: J|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=J&bk=70|accessdate=February 27, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=4 |page=607}}

|rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev4score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=365}}

}}

The Globe and Mail wrote that "the promise shown in one earlier album has either disappeared entirely or has been smothered under a battery of badly-produced backup musicians."{{cite news |last1=McGrath |first1=Paul |title=Vinyl Garland Jeffeys |work=The Globe and Mail |date=19 Apr 1978 |page=F2}} The Rolling Stone Album Guide called One-Eyed Jack "a somewhat confused, less-than-catchy concept album."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Garland Jeffreys; except where indicated

  1. "She Didn't Lie" - 3:25
  2. "Keep On Trying" - 3:14
  3. "Reelin'" - 3:14
  4. "Haunted House" - 2:53
  5. "One-Eyed Jack" - 5:01
  6. "Scream in the Night" - 3:50
  7. "No Woman No Cry" (Vincent Ford, Bob Marley) - 4:42
  8. "Oh My Soul" - 4:03
  9. "Desperation Drive" - 4:21
  10. "Been There and Back" - 4:24

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"|Chart (1978)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

Australian (Kent Music Report)82{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=154}}

Personnel

;Technical

  • "Iron Mike" Michael O'Reilly - assistant engineer
  • Lew Hahn - recording, mixing
  • Carole Langer - creative director
  • Chuck Beeson - design
  • Bob Richardson - cover photography

References

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Category:1978 albums

Category:Garland Jeffreys albums

Category:Albums produced by David Spinozza

Category:A&M Records albums