Gone Crazy (album)

Gone Crazy
Studio album by Grin
Released	October 1973
Genre	Rock
Length	38:39
Label	A&M[1]
Producer	David Briggs
Grin chronology
All Out (1973) Gone Crazy (1973)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Christgau's Record Guide	B−[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Gone Crazy is a 1973 album by Grin. It was the band's final album.^[4]

The original album was a gatefold. The outside front and back covers feature a colorful drawing, by Lanny Tupper, of animals, dishes, and musical instruments going crazy. A photo of Nils Lofgren doing a flip is also on the front cover. The inside cover has nineteen photos of the band, performing and hanging out with an old man, identified as Mr. Carter.

Critical reception

The Rolling Stone Album Guide called the harder numbers "the toughest and most assured the band ever produced."^[3]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Nils Lofgren

Side One:

1. "You're the Weight" - 5:11
2. "Boy and Girl" - 4:31
3. "What About Me" - 4:27
4. "One More Time" - 5:10

Side Two:

1. "True Thrill" - 3:08
2. "Beggar's Day (Eulogy to Danny Whitten)" - 4:18
3. "Nightmare" - 3:42
4. "Believe" - 3:55
5. "Ain't for Free" - 4:17

Personnel

Grin

• Nils Lofgren - guitars, keyboards, lead vocals
• Bob Berberich - drums, lead vocals
• Bob Gordon - bass, backing vocals
• Tom Lofgren - guitars, backing vocals

Etc.

These liner notes are written in script around the photograph and are hard to read, so some spelling may be wrong.

• For their invaluable assistance on and off the road, thanks to our friends Jimmy Foster, Tom Miller and John Lockbridge.
• Special thanks to Clydie M. King, Sherlie Matthews and Merry Clayton for behind vocals.
• For all artwork, cover & back, thanks to Lonnie Tupper (Lanny Tupper) for his talents & interest above and beyond the call of duty.
• Management - "Smart" Art Linson.
• Photography Connie Sprague (cover photo) & R. Ottinger.
• Engineered by David Briggs w/ Bob, Bill & Gabby
• Recorded at Bias.
• We are deeply grateful to Bobbye Hall for all her percussion work.

References

All information from album cover and label, unless otherwise noted.^[5]

1. "Nils Lofgren and Grin's sunny take on rock n' roll". Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia.
2. 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.
3. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 292.
4. "Nils Lofgren". MTV News. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021.
5. Gone Crazy', Grin, A&M SP-4415 (1973) LP