Whirlwind (Andrew Gold album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Whirlwind
| type = studio
| artist = Andrew Gold
| cover = WhirlwindAlbum.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1980
| recorded = The Sound Factory (Los Angeles, California); Record One (Sherman Oaks, California)
| studio =
| length = 37:42
| label = Asylum
| producer = Andrew Gold
| prev_title = All This and Heaven Too
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = …Since 1951
| next_year = 1996
}}
Whirlwind is the fourth album by singer-songwriter Andrew Gold, released in 1980 on Asylum Records.{{cite web |title=Andrew Gold Biography by Jason Ankeny |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andrew-gold-mn0000031008 |website=AllMusic |access-date=14 December 2023}} It is Gold's final major label album and last solo album of any kind for over a decade.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000648925|label=Whirlwind|first=James|last=Chrispell|accessdate=July 30, 2015}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition, p. 538. Virgin Books, London. {{ISBN|1-85227-832-3}}
}}
Rolling Stone's Stephen Holden called Whirlwind "a well-crafted album of imitation rock by a pop sentimentalist unconvincingly crying tough." Concluding "the record merely reaffirms Andrew Gold's skill as a meticulous pop interior designer recycling Sixties guitar hooks into blandly tasteful studio settings."Holden, Stephen. "Whirlwind", Rolling Stone, June 26, 1980, p. 80. Reviewers of Billboard noticed that this album was more rocking than two previous works.{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1980/BB-1980-05-03.pdf|title=Review: Andrew Gold — Whirlwind|work=Billboard|date=3 May 1980|accessdate=31 May 2020|volume=85|number=18|page=50|via=American Radio History|issn=0006-2510}}
AllMusic's James Chrispell retrospectively noted "[t]he hits were not forthcoming" and the "album came and went in nearly the blink of an eye, and not much else was heard from Andrew Gold's once-promising solo career."
Track listing
All songs written by Andrew Gold, except where noted.
{{Track listing
| title1 = Kiss This One Goodbye
| length1 = 4:03
| title2 = Whirlwind
| length2 = 4:16
| title3 = Sooner or Later
| length3 = 3:32
| title4 = Leave Her Alone
| length4 = 3:31
| title5 = Little Company
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = Brand New Face
| length6 = 4:45
| title7 = Nine to Five
| length7 = 4:04
| title8 = Stranded on the Edge
| writer8 = Gold, Mark Goldenberg
| length8 = 4:06
| title9 = Make Up Your Mind
| length9 = 5:08
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Bonus Tracks (Rhino/Edsel CD release)
| title1 = Gambler
| writer1 = Kenny Edwards
| length1 = 3:51
| title2 = Endless Flight
| note2 = live at the Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, FL, 1978
| length2 = 5:17
| title3 = The 'In' Crowd
| writer3 = Billy Page
| length3 = 6:00
| title4 = Traffic Jam
| writer4 = Gold, Bryan Garofalo, Mike Botts
| length4 = 1:27
}}
Personnel
- Andrew Gold – lead vocals, guitars, organ (1, 4, 8), percussion (1, 9), synthesizers (2, 9), acoustic piano (3, 9), keyboards (7), tambourine (8), backing vocals (8)
- Don Grolnick – acoustic piano (5)
- Waddy Wachtel – 2nd lead guitar (5)
- Bryan Garofalo – bass (1–4, 6–9)
- Kenny Edwards – bass (5)
- Mike Botts – drums (1–4, 6–9)
- Rick Marotta – drums (5)
- Brock Walsh – backing vocals
Production
- Andrew Gold – producer
- Greg Ladanyi – engineer
- Jim Nipar – engineer
- Doug Sax – mastering
- The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
- Melanie McDowell – production assistant
- Ron Coro – art direction, design
- Jim Shea – photography