What's Wrong with This Picture? (Andrew Gold album)

What's Wrong with This Picture?
Studio album by Andrew Gold
Released	1976
Genre	Pop, pop rock
Length	41:30
Label	Asylum
Producer	Peter Asher
Andrew Gold chronology
Andrew Gold (1975) What's Wrong with This Picture? (1976) All This and Heaven Too (1978)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

What's Wrong with This Picture? is the second album by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Andrew Gold. It was released in 1976 on Asylum Records. It includes the hit single "Lonely Boy" which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard singles chart^[3] featuring Linda Ronstadt on backing vocals.

Reception

AllMusic's James Chrispell said the album "continued in the same vein as Andrew Gold's first release" and concluded "[s]ophomore jinx aside, this is a very satisfying album."^[1]

Rolling Stone's Ken Tucker called the album "a disappointment" in light of the "fast, smart pop songs" on Gold's debut album. Stating that while "Gold's guitar playing remains commanding… inventive and moving" it cannot overcome "the weakness of the material."^[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Andrew Gold, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hope You Feel Good" (Gold, Steve Ferguson)	4:49
2.	"Passing Thing"	4:08
3.	"Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich)	2:52
4.	"Learning the Game" (Buddy Holly)	4:08
5.	"Angel Woman"	1:38
6.	"Must Be Crazy"	4:13
7.	"Lonely Boy"	4:24
8.	"Firefly"	3:23
9.	"Stay" (Maurice Williams)	4:45
10.	"Go Back Home Again"	3:10
11.	"One of Them Is Me"	4:00

Bonus Tracks (Rhino/Edsel CD release)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lonely Boy" (original version)	4:22
2.	"Firefly" (outtake)	3:13
3.	"Gorilla Jam" (Gold, Kenny Edwards, Mike Botts)	1:20
4.	"Feel It"	4:20
5.	"Hope You Feel Good" (Gold, Ferguson) (live at the Univeral Ampitheatre, Los Angeles, 1976)	4:47

Personnel

• Andrew Gold – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, drums, bass, organ, ARP, tambourine, congas, shaker, recorder, percussion, backing vocals
• Kenny Edwards – bass, mandolin, backing vocals
• Brock Walsh – backing vocals, electric piano, acoustic guitar, ARP
• Dan Dugmore – guitar
• Mike Botts – drums, sleigh bells
• Peter Asher – backing vocals, tambourine, shaker
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar, bass
• Leland Sklar – bass
• Russ Kunkel – drums
• Danny Kortchmar – guitar
• Linda Ronstadt – backing vocals
• Tessie Coen – congas
• Don Menza – saxophone, shakuhachi
• Clarence McDonald – electric piano
• Val Garay – backing vocals

Production

• Peter Asher – producer
• Val Garay – engineer
• Greg Ladanyi, Dennis Kirk – assistant engineer

References

1. Chrispell, James. What's Wrong with This Picture? at AllMusic. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
2. Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition, p. 538. Virgin Books, London. ISBN 1-85227-832-3
3. Whitburn, Joel (2000). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition, p. 267. Billboard Books, New York. ISBN 0-8230-7690-3
4. Tucker, Ken. "What's Wrong with This Picture", Rolling Stone, March 10, 1977, p. 74.