Farewell to Paradise

Farewell to Paradise
Studio album by
Emitt Rhodes
Released1973
Recorded1973
StudioEmitt Rhodes' home
GenreRock, pop, jazz-funk, soul
LabelDunhill
ProducerEmitt Rhodes
Emitt Rhodes chronology
Mirror
(1971) 		Farewell to Paradise
(1973) 		Rainbow Ends
(2016)
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Farewell to Paradise (1973) is the fourth album by Emitt Rhodes. An eclectic mixture of rock, pop, jazz-funk and soul. Due to the pressure of his record label suing him for his failure to complete his contract for 6 albums in 3 years,[2] many of the songs exhibit more somber, gloomy tones than Rhodes' previous albums.

"Those That Die" is derived from "Tame The Lion", a furious anti-war song that was issued as a single in July 1972. "Tame the Lion" has a fast tempo, and "Those That Die" uses part of the lyrics from the bridge of "Tame the Lion", but at a slow tempo and chords from a minor key.

The initial pressings of this album were mispressed and featured the audio from the unreleased album by Toronto band Dixie Rumproast - Well Done. Many of them are still in circulation.

Track listing

All songs by Emitt Rhodes

  1. "Warm Self Sacrifice"
  2. "See No Evil"
  3. "Drawn to You"
  4. "Blue Horizon"
  5. "Shoot the Moon"
  6. "Only Lovers Decide"
  7. "Trust Once More"
  8. "Nights Are Lonely"
  9. "Bad Man"
  10. "In Desperate Need"
  11. "Those That Die"
  12. "Farewell to Paradise"

Personnel

References

  • Emitt Rhodes: Recorded at Home, by Kevin Ryan, Tape Op #33, Jan. 2003, pp 44–50.
  1. ^ Farewell to Paradise at AllMusic
  2. ^ Emitt Rhodes by Steven J. Hyden at Furious.com