''Somebody Else's Troubles'' is an album by singer/songwriter

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, released in 1972. The record received favorable reviews but failed to sell. Goodman soon left Buddah Records and signed with

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.Paste Magazine, Steve Goodman - Unemployed
/ref> Bob Dylan contributes piano on the title song under the pseudonym of Robert Milkwood Thomas. John Prine is standing second person from left to right. Jimmy Buffett is standing between Prine and Goodman's wife Nancy. In 1990, the album was released on CD by

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. The album was reissued in 1999 with two additional tracks.

Reception

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'' wrote, "Mr. Goodman has been allowed to bring all his influences into the album, and as a result we get a fully rounded portrait of the artist. It is a deceptively casual album—'laid back' in the argot—recorded in Nashville and New York, but which has much strength and realism in its simplicity... Mr. Goodman's accompaniment is also kept simple and direct."

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assigned it a "B" rating, indicating "...two consecutive songs about racing the sun, which is at least one too many. Tour de force: an a cappella ballad about a Vietnam widow. Arif Mardin found the proper setting for his young man's quaver." John Baudie in Q Magazine called the album "more assured ndruns through the whole gamut of Goodman's range". In reviewing the 1999 reissue,

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critic Sharon Witmer wrote "This recording presents a good overview of the prodigious talent and gifts that Steve Goodman gave the music world."

Track listing

#" The Dutchman" ( Michael Peter Smith) – 4:18 #"Six Hours Ahead of the Sun" (Steve Goodman) – 4:38 #"Song for David" (Goodman) – 3:06 #"Chicken Cordon Blues" (Goodman, Paula Ballan, Tony Mandel) – 3:03 #"Somebody Else's Troubles" (Goodman) – 3:48 #"The Loving of the Game" (Victoria Garvey) – 3:00 #"I Ain't Heard You Play No Blues" (Goodman) – 0:56 #"Don't Do Me Any Favors Anymore" (Goodman) – 3:33 #"The Vegetable Song (The Barn Yard Dance)" (Carl Martin) – 2:38 #"Lincoln Park Pirates" (Goodman) – 3:35 #"The Ballad of Penny Evans" (Goodman) – 3:37 #:Reissue bonus tracks: #"

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w" (Goodman, Moe Jaffe, Dwight Latham) – 3:32 #" The Auctioneer" (

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, Buddy Black) – 5:08

Personnel

– vocals, guitar *

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– dobro, guitar, mandolin *Steve Burgh – bass, guitar, mandolin *Hugh McDonald – bass, guitar * Robert Milkwood Thomas – piano, backing vocals on "Somebody Else's Troubles" ob Dylan*Jeff Gutcheon – keyboards, piano *

Arif Mardin Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for ov ...

– piano *Mark Horowitz – banjo, guitar * Bill Keith – banjo, pedal steel guitar *

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– guitar *Jack McGann – accordion, guitar *Steve Mosley – drums, body percussion * David Brigati – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals *

Maria Muldaur Maria Muldaur (born Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato; September 12, 1942) is an American folk and blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s. She recorded the 1973 hit song " Midnight at the Oasis" and h ...

– harmony vocals on "Don't Do Me Any Favors Anymore" and "Somebody Else's Troubles" *

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– saxophone *Jerry Barnham – flute *Willie Bridges – saxophone *Larry Packer – fiddle *Kenny Kosek – fiddle *Charles McCracken – cello

Production

– producer, remixing *Malcolm Addey – engineer *Joel Kerr – engineer *Eddie Youngblood – engineer *Harry Yarmark – engineer *Michael O'Sullivan – photography *Gib Foster – design

References

External links

{{Authority control Steve Goodman albums 1972 albums Albums produced by Arif Mardin