Английская Википедия:A Tramp Shining

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A Tramp Shining is the debut album of Richard Harris, released in 1968 by Dunhill Records. The album was written, arranged, and produced by singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb. Although Harris sang several numbers on the soundtrack album to the film musical Camelot the previous year, A Tramp Shining was Harris' first solo album. "MacArthur Park" was one of the biggest singles of that year, reaching number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. The album as a whole was also highly successful and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1969.

Reception

Шаблон:Album reviews In his review in AllMusic, Bruce Eder gave the album four out of five stars, calling A Tramp Shining a "great record, even 35 years later, encompassing pop, rock, elements of classical music, and even pop-soul in a body of brilliant, bittersweet romantic songs by Webb, all presented in a consistently affecting and powerful vocal performance by Harris." Eder praised Harris' performance for its "sheer bravado", writing of his rendition of "Didn't We": Шаблон:Blockquote Eder was equally impressed with Jimmy Webb's production and arrangements, which he called "some of the lushest ever heard on a pop album of the period." Eder concluded: Шаблон:Blockquote

Track listing

All songs were written and arranged by Jimmy Webb.

Personnel

• Richard Harris – vocals
• Jimmy Webb – producer, arranger, composer
• William F. Williams – supervision
• Hal Blaine – drums
• Larry Knechtel – keyboards
• Mike Deasy – guitar
• Joe Osborn – bass guitar
• Sid Sharp – string arrangements
• Jules Chaikin – trumpet
• Jimmy Horn – saxophone
• Tommy Tedesco – guitar

Technical

• Armin Steiner – engineer
• Peter Himmelman – London engineer
• Gary Burden – art direction and design
• Henry Diltz – photography
• Patrick Ward – photography

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1968	Billboard Pop Albums	4