Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys

Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1973
Recorded1973
StudioWarner Bros. Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
GenreFolk, folk rock
Length32:36
LabelReprise
ProducerLenny Waronker, John Pilla
Arlo Guthrie chronology
Hobo's Lullaby
(1972)
Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys
(1973)
Arlo Guthrie
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Billboard(favorable)[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB[3]
Gay News(favorable)[4]
Los Angeles Times(favorable)[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Washington Post(favorable)[7]

Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys is a 1973 album by the American singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie. The title was borrowed from a nickname given to Ramblin' Jack Elliott.[8] Although not intended as a concept album, Guthrie recorded it with the goal of evoking a particular, "mythical" place and era, which he also intended to embody in the cover art.[9]

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ "Pop Picks". Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 15. 1973-04-14. p. 51. Retrieved 2024-03-04 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ "Record Reviews". Gay News. London. 1973-07-12. Retrieved 2024-03-04 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ Hilburn, Robert (1973-08-12). "Pop Album Briefs". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Retrieved 2024-03-04 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ Nathan Brackett, ed. (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Fireside Books. p. 351.
  7. ^ Zito, Tom (1973-06-17). "One More Time". The Washington Post Times Herald. Washington. Retrieved 2024-03-04 – via ProQuest.
  8. ^ Schwartz, Larry (1999-03-07). "Urban cowboy". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 2024-03-04 – via Access World News.
  9. ^ Harper, Colin (April 1999). "Buried Treasure". Mojo. No. 65.