Maria Muldaur
Studio album by
Maria Muldaur
ReleasedAugust 1973
StudioWarner Bros. Studios, North Hollywood, California
GenreFolk, Blues, Rock
Length36:38
LabelReprise
ProducerJoe Boyd, Lenny Waronker
Maria Muldaur chronology
Maria Muldaur
(1973) 		Waitress in a Donut Shop
(1974)

Maria Muldaur is the 1973 debut studio album of musician Maria Muldaur. The album includes "Midnight at the Oasis", her best-known single, which charted at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and "Three Dollar Bill", which charted at #7 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.[2] The album, which peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200,[3] was certified gold by the RIAA on May 13, 1974.[4] The album is heavily influenced by country and blues.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Robert ChristgauB+[6]

The album was positively reviewed, and very positively in at least one case. Writing in October 1973, Rolling Stone's reviewer Jon Landau described the album as "one of the half-dozen best" of the year, "the kind of glorious breakthrough that reminds me why I fell in love with rock & roll."[7]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Any Old Time" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:45
  2. "Midnight at the Oasis" (David Nichtern) – 3:49
  3. "My Tennessee Mountain Home" (Dolly Parton) – 3:32
  4. "I Never Did Sing You a Love Song" (Nichtern) – 2:49
  5. "The Work Song" (Kate McGarrigle) – 4:04

Side Two

  1. "Don't You Feel My Leg (Don't You Get Me High)" (Blue Lu Barker, Danny Barker, J. Mayo Williams) – 2:48
  2. "Walkin' One and Only" (Dan Hicks) – 2:47
  3. "Long Hard Climb" (Ron Davies) – 3:03
  4. "Three Dollar Bill" (Mac Rebennack) – 3:58
  5. "Vaudeville Man" (Wendy Waldman) – 2:41
  6. "Mad Mad Me" (Wendy Waldman) – 3:13

Charts

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 30
United States (Billboard 200) 3

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Maria Muldaur - Maria Muldaur > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  2. ^ Maria Muldaur > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
  3. ^ Maria Muldaur - Maria Muldaur > Charts & Awards > Billboard Album at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
  4. ^ Maria Muldaur RIAA Accessed August 27, 2007.
  5. ^ a b Allan, Mark. Maria Muldaur at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert (December 1973). "The Christgau Consumer Guide: Maria Muldaur". Creem. Retrieved 22 December 2011. Relevant portion posted in a revised version at "Maria Muldaur: Maria Muldaur > Consumer Guide Album". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  7. ^ Landau, Jon (October 25, 1973). "Maria Muldaur". Rolling Stone. No. 146. Copy posted at "Maria Muldaur – Maria Muldaur". superseventies.com. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  8. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 211. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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