In 1972, Hawn recorded and released a solo country LP for Warner Brothers, titled Goldie. It was recorded with the help of Dolly Parton and Buck Owens.
It's a tragedy of pop culture in the new millennium that starlets don't rush willy-nilly into the recording studio anywhere near as much as they used to.
Goldie Hawn's sole foray into pop music -- originally released in 1972 on Warner Bros. after Laugh-In but before Steven Spielberg's Sugarland Express revealed her dramatic range as an actress -- isn't Golden Throats-level bad, surely to the disappointment of hipsters everywhere.
Although Hawn's helium-pitched voice is a trifle thin and limited, the selection of material wisely plays to her strengths, with Dolly Parton's "My Blue Tears" and -- believe it or not -- Joni Mitchell's "Carey" both well-suited to her soprano vocals.
In fact, the only really egregious errors aren't really her fault: the Frenchified "Butterfly," with its absurdly cheesy choral backing, wouldn't have sounded good sung by anybody, and the countrified take on Van Morrison's "I Wanna Roo You" has a botched arrangement that slaps on a vaguely oompah-style waltz-time arrangement that suits neither singer nor song.
Other than that, though, Goldie is a sweetly endearing country-tinged middle of the road pop record of a style that just isn't being made anymore.
Track List
A1. My Blue Tears (Written-By – Dolly Parton) - 2:14
A2. Wynken, Blynken And Nod (Written-By – Donovan Leitch, Eugene Field) - 2:32
A3. Butterfly (Written-By – Danyel Gérard) - 3:20
A4. Uncle Pen (Written-By – Bill Monroe) - 2:40
A5. The House Song (Written-By – Paul Stookey, Robert Bannard) - 4:02
A6. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Written-By – Bob Dylan) - 3:00
B1. Carey (Written-By – Joni Mitchell) - 2:46
B2. Cloudy Summer Afternoon (Written-By – Travis Edmonson) - 2:45
B3. Ring Bell (Written-By – George David Weiss, Jerry Ragovoy) - 3:00
B4. I Wanna Woo You (Written-By – Van Morrison) - 2:30
B5. Pasadena (Written-By – Edgar Leslie, Grant Clarke, Harry Warren) - 2:45
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Recorded At – Jack Clement Recording Studios
- Recorded At – United Recorders
- Recorded At – Amigo Studios
- Recorded At – Buck Owens Studio
- Recorded At – Western Recorders
- Recorded At – A&M Studios
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Credits
- Arranged By – Buck Owens (tracks: A4), Dolly Parton (tracks: A1), Don Rich (tracks: A6), Nick DeCaro (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B2, B3, B5), Porter Wagoner (tracks: A1)
- Arranged By [Vocal Direction] – Nick DeCaro
- Art Direction – Ed Thrasher
- Backing Band – The Buckaroos (tracks: A4, A6)
- Backing Vocals – Jimmy Joyce Singers (tracks: A3)
- Engineer – Charlie Tallent, Chuck Britz
- Management – Art Simon (2)
- Photography By – Ric Waite
- Producer – Andy Wickham, Lenny Waronker
- Supervised By [Production Assistant] – Patricia Nichols
Notes
Released: 1972
Genre: Pop, Country, Folk
Length: 32:28
Label: Reprise Records
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