By the Time I Get to Phoenix (album)
By the Time I Get to Phoenix is the seventh album by American singer-guitarist Glen Campbell, released in November 1967 by Capitol Records.
In March 1969 the album won the Grammy for Album of the Year, the first country album to do so. In February 1968 the album's lead single "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", released October 1967, won Grammys for both Best Vocal Performance, Male and Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance. In 2004 "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Track listing
;Side 1- "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" – 2:42
- "Homeward Bound" – 2:37
- "Tomorrow Never Comes" – 2:27
- "Cold December " – 2:27
- "My Baby's Gone" – 2:50
- "Back in the Race" – 1:56
- "Hey Little One" – 2:30
- "Bad Seed" – 2:18
- "I'll Be Lucky Someday" – 2:24
- "You're Young and You'll Forget" – 2:15
- "Love Is a Lonesome River" – 2:05
Personnel
- Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic guitar
- James Burton – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
- Joe Osborn – bass guitar
- Jim Gordon – drums
- Al De Lory – producer, arranger, conductor
- Nick Venet – producer
- Mort Garson – arranger
- Leon Russell – arranger
- Jimmie Haskell – arranger
- Ed Simpson, Capitol Photo Studio – photography
Charts
Entry date | Chart | Peak position |
12/30/1967 | Billboard Country Albums | 1 |
12/30/1967 | Billboard Top LPs | 15 |
Singles – Billboard
Year | Single | Hot 100 | Hot Country Singles | Easy Listening |
1967 | "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" | 26 | 2 | 12 |
1968 | "Hey Little One" | 54 | 13 | 20 |