Coming from Reality

Coming from Reality
Studio album by Rodriguez
Released	November 1971
Recorded	1970
Studio	Lansdowne Studios, London
Genre	Folk rock[1] psychedelic rock[2]
Length	40:30
Label	Sussex
Producer	Steve Rowland
Rodriguez chronology
Cold Fact (1970) Coming from Reality (1971) At His Best (1977)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Laut.de	[4]
MusicOMH	[5]
Pitchfork	6.1/10[6]
PopMatters	6/10[7]

Coming from Reality is the second and final studio album from American singer–songwriter Rodriguez, originally released by Sussex Records in 1971. It was later released in South Africa in 1976 with the alternate title After the Fact.

The album was also reissued on compact disc (CD) by Light in the Attic Records in May 2009. This reissue included three bonus tracks originally released only in Australia, although they were recorded in Detroit in 1972 with Cold Fact collaborators Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey, representing the last recordings they ever did together.[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Sixto Rodriguez.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Climb Up on My Music"	4:54
2.	"A Most Disgusting Song"	4:49
3.	"I Think of You"	3:25
4.	"Heikki's Suburbia Bus Tour"	3:22
5.	"Silver Words?"	2:04
6.	"Sandrevan Lullaby – Lifestyles"	6:37
7.	"To Whom It May Concern"	3:21
8.	"It Started Out So Nice"	4:01
9.	"Halfway Up the Stairs"	2:27
10.	"Cause"	5:30

2009 re-release bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Can't Get Away (1973)"	3:57
12.	"Street Boy (1973)"	3:47
13.	"I'll Slip Away (1973)"	2:53

Personnel

• Rodriguez – vocals, guitar
• Chris Spedding – guitars
• Tony Carr – bongos, possible percussion
• Phil Dennys – keyboards
• Jimmy Horowitz – violin on "Sandrevan Lullaby"
• Gary Taylor – bass
• Andrew Steele – drums

Technical

• Steve Rowland – producer
• John Mackswith – engineer
• Recorded at Lansdowne recording studios, London, England late 1970, released in late 1971
• Arranged by Phil Dennys (tracks 3, 5, 7 and 9)
• Arranged by Jimmy Horowitz (tracks 6, 8 and 10)

Credits

• Clarence Avant – archival materials, photo courtesy, executive priducer
• Milan Bogden – audio engineer
• Tim Burzese – audio engineer
• Tony Carr – percussion
• Dennis Coffey – archival materials, arranger, audio production, photo courtesy, producer
• Vincent Cook – graphic design
• Dave Cooley – remastering
• Phil Dennys – arranger, keyboards
• Chris Ferraro – executive producer
• Tim Forster – archival materials, photo courtesy
• Jimmy Horowitz – arranger, violin
• John MacSwith – audio engineer, engineer
• Los Rodriguez – acoustic guitar, primary artist, vocals
• Rodriguez – primary artist
• Sixto Rodriguez – music and lyrics, guitar
• Steve Rowland – audio production, producer
• John Samson – archival materials, photo courtesy
• Milton Sincoff – merchandising, package direction
• Chris Spedding – guitar
• Andrew Steele – drums
• Matt Sullivan – reissue producer
• Gary Taylor – bass, bass instrument
• Mike Theodore – archival materials, arranger, audio production, photo courtesy, producer
• Hal Wilson – illustrations, original photography
• Josh Wright – executive producer

Releases

• Coming from Reality LP (Sussex, 1971)
• Coming from Reality CD (Light in the Attic Records, 2009)
• Coming from Reality LP with bonus tracks (Light in the Attic Records, 2009)
• Coming from Reality LP with bonus tracks (Light in the Attic Records, 2009)
• Coming from Reality LP, remastered (Sussex/UMe/Universal, 2019)

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[9]	24
Chart (2013)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10]	109
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[11]	12
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12]	91
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[13]	29
French Albums (SNEP)[14]	135
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[15]	63
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16]	16
Chart (2013)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17]	67
Chart (2014)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[18]	25

References

1. Gallo, Phil (July 29, 2012). "Cult Singer Rodriguez Risen in New Film 'Sugar Man'". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
2. AllMusic review
3. AllMusic review
4. "Aus den frühen 70ern ins Jetzt gebeamt".
5. "Rodriguez - Coming from Reality | Album Reviews". 4 May 2009.
6. "Rodriguez: Coming from Reality". Pitchfork.
7. "Rodriguez: Coming from Reality, PopMatters". 28 July 2009.
8. Stevenson, Mark (2009-03-12). "Rodriguez 'Coming From Reality' gets new lease of life". altsounds.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
9. "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 4 March 2013" (PDF) (1201). Australian Web Archive. March 19, 2013: 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-18. Retrieved 19 August 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
10. "Ultratop.be – Rodriguez – Coming From Reality" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
11. "Danishcharts.dk – Rodriguez – Coming From Reality". Hung Medien.
12. "Dutchcharts.nl – Rodriguez – Coming From Reality" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
13. "Rodriguez: Coming From Reality" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
14. "Lescharts.com – Rodriguez – Coming From Reality". Hung Medien.
15. "Spanishcharts.com – Rodriguez – Coming From Reality". Hung Medien.
16. "Swedishcharts.com – Rodriguez – Coming From Reality". Hung Medien.
17. "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 1 April 2013" (PDF) (1205). Australian Web Archive. April 8, 2013: 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-07. Retrieved 19 August 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
18. "Australiancharts.com – Rodriguez – Coming from Reality". Hung Medien.

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