| Farewell to Paradise | ||||
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| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Studio | Emitt Rhodes' home | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop, jazz-funk, soul | |||
| Label | Dunhill | |||
| Producer | Emitt Rhodes | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Farewell to Paradise (1973) is the fourth album by Emitt Rhodes. An eclectic mixture of rock, pop, jazz-funk and soul. Due to the pressure of his record label suing him for his failure to complete his contract for 6 albums in 3 years,[2] many of the songs exhibit more somber, gloomy tones than Rhodes' previous albums.
"Those That Die" is derived from "Tame The Lion", a furious anti-war song that was issued as a single in July 1972. "Tame the Lion" has a fast tempo, and "Those That Die" uses part of the lyrics from the bridge of "Tame the Lion", but at a slow tempo and chords from a minor key.
The initial pressings of this album were mispressed and featured the audio from the unreleased album by Toronto band Dixie Rumproast - Well Done. Many of them are still in circulation.
- ^ Farewell to Paradise at AllMusic
- ^ Emitt Rhodes by Steven J. Hyden at Furious.com