All American Boy | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Studio | Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado | |||
Genre | Rock, hard rock, blues rock | |||
Length | 40:09 | |||
Label | Blue Sky | |||
Producer | Bill Szymczyk, Rick Derringer | |||
Rick Derringer chronology | ||||
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Audio | ||||
"Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" on YouTube |
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Džuboks | (favorable) [2] |
Tom Hull | B [3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
All American Boy is the debut solo studio album by American rock musician Rick Derringer, released in October 1973 by Blue Sky Records. "Joy Ride" and "Time Warp" (not to be confused with The Rocky Horror Picture Show song) are instrumentals.
Reviewing for AllMusic, critic Cub Koda wrote of the album "this is simply Rick Derringer's most focused and cohesive album, a marvelous blend of rockers, ballads, and atmospheric instrumentals", adding it was "one of the great albums of the '70s that fell between the cracks." [5]
In addition to the conventional two channel stereo version the album was also released in a four channel quadraphonic edition on LP record and 8-track tape in 1974. The quad LP release was encoded in the SQ matrix system.
The album was reissued in the UK on the Super Audio CD format in 2018 by Dutton Vocalion. This release is a two albums on one disc compilation which also contains Derringer's 1975 album Spring Fever. The Dutton Vocalion disc contains the complete stereo and quad versions of both albums.
All tracks composed by Rick Derringer; except where indicated
Side one
Side two
"Rock and Roll Hoochie-Koo"
"Joy Ride"
"Teenage Queen"
"Cheap Tequila"
"Uncomplicated"
"Hold"
"The Airport Giveth (The Airport Taketh Away)"
"Teenage Love Affair"
"It's Raining"
"Time Warp"
Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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Australian ( Kent Music Report) | 38 [7] |