Compliments
Studio album by
Jerry Garcia
ReleasedJune 1974
RecordedFebruary 1974
GenreRoots rock, folk rock
Length35:18
LabelRound Records
ProducerJohn Kahn
Jerry Garcia chronology
Live at Keystone
(1973) 		Compliments
(1974) 		Old & In the Way
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]
Music Box[3]

Compliments, also known as Garcia, is Jerry Garcia's second solo album, released in 1974. It includes one newly written song by John Kahn and Robert Hunter but is otherwise composed of cover versions. The album peaked at number 49 on the Billboard albums chart.

The album came to be called Compliments after its release, because early promotional copies had the word "compliments of" printed on the front, above the title Garcia. This has helped to distinguish it from Garcia's first solo LP, which was also called Garcia.

Compliments was reissued on 180-gram green vinyl, in a limited edition of 7,000 copies, as part of Record Store Day on April 18, 2015.[4]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Let It Rock" (Chuck Berry) – 3:12
  2. "When The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" (Smokey Robinson) – 3:46
  3. "That's What Love Will Make You Do" (Henderson Thigpen, James Banks, Eddy Marion) – 3:42
  4. "Russian Lullaby" (Irving Berlin) – 3:04
  5. "Turn On The Bright Lights" (Albert Washington) – 5:04

Side two

  1. "He Ain't Give You None" (Van Morrison) – 3:25
  2. "What Goes Around" (Mac Rebennack) – 3:07
  3. "Let's Spend The Night Together" (Jagger–Richards) – 3:40
  4. "Mississippi Moon" (Peter Rowan) – 3:06
  5. "Midnight Town" (Robert Hunter, John Kahn) – 3:12

The album was reissued in the All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions box set with the following bonus tracks:

  1. "That's a Touch I Like" (Jesse Winchester) – 3:40
  2. "(I'm a) Road Runner" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) – 4:10
  3. "It's Too Late (She's Gone)" (Chuck Willis) – 4:27
  4. "I'll Forget You" (copyright control) – 3:21
  5. "Tragedy" (Fred Burch, Gerald Nelson) – 3:52
  6. "Think" (Deadric Malone, Jimmy McCracklin) – 4:12
  7. "I Know It's a Sin" (Jimmy Reed) – 2:41
  8. "Lonesome Town" (Thomas Baker Knight) – 6:19
  9. "Cardiac Arrest (Studio Jam)" (Jerry Garcia, Kahn, Michael Omartian, Merl Saunders, Ron Tutt) – 1:39
  10. "Back Home in Indiana" (James Hanley, Ballard McDonald) – 7:08


Note: Although credited to Albert Washington on this album, the song "Turn On the Bright Lights" is credited on Albert Washington's original single release to musician, producer, and songwriter Harry Carlson.[5]

Personnel

Additional personnel

References

  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. Compliments at AllMusic
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Music Box review
  4. ^ Compliments, Record Store Day 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  5. ^ "Albert Washington and the Kings – Turn On the Bright Lights". Discogs. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
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