Cold Fact [Import]

1. Sugar Man

2. Only Good for Conversation

3. Crucify Your Mind

4. Establishment Blues

5. Hate Street Dialogue

6. Forget It

7. Inner City Blues

8. I Wonder

9. Jane S. Piddy

10. Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme)

11. Rich Folks Hoax

12. Like Janis

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
1999. RCA.

Cold Fact,Sixto Rodriguez,Bmg Int'l,Folk-Rock,Latin Vocal,Pop,Psychedelic,Rock,Singer/Songwriter

Cold Fact [Import]

Average customer rating:

what a flashback!
AAAAAAH, The 70's
Brilliant!
commentary in poetry
Discovered Rodriguez in Mozambique

Cold Fact
Sixto Rodriguez
Manufacturer: Sony / Bmg Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000GBHA
Release Date: 1998-10-22

Tracks:

Sugar Man
Only Good for Conversation
Crucify Your Mind
Establishment Blues
Hate Street Dialogue
Forget It
Inner City Blues
I Wonder
Jane S. Piddy
Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme)
Rich Folks Hoax
Like Janis

Album Description

1999. RCA.

Customer Reviews:

what a flashback!.......2007-07-15

I thought I was the only person on the planet that remembered Rodriquez - Cold Fact! I do a web search and lo and behold, there's a cult following for him. Strangely enough the cult following was in SA (where I heard him) and Australia. I heard him (and even remember the album cover) back in high school over 30 years ago and remembered the one track "I Wonder", yet I don't remember what I had for lunch! I went to school near Durban, SA and the album floated around at parties and such. His haunting music has stayed with me ever since, I will be buying Cold Fact now!

AAAAAAH, The 70's.......2007-04-03

I must have bought 10 copies of this album when it first came out. I gave most of them to my friends, so many in fact that I don't own a copy myself. I was the music freek (nut!!) amongst my friends and since I thought that Bob Wills or Jimmy Reed would have been a bit much for them, I played Cold Fact. Since I couldn't be bothered bringing the album to their houses each weekend, I bought them copies and left them there. Every time we gathered for a Fri/Sat night out we would put on Rodriquez, toke up, have a few drinks, eat pistachio nuts and groove to "Sugar Man" et al. I have to admit I haven't heard this album for over 25 years but I can still sing the words to nearly every song!!!! I am amazed that this album had such a small audience; mainly in Australia and Sth Africa, as it is an iconic release. Australia had an extemely vibrant Pop music scene in the 70's thanks to Ian "Molly" Meldrum and his popular Countdown TV show. Along with Rodriguez, Countdown broke ABBA, which is a good or bad thing depending on one's perspective. If anyone out there, in a moment of madness, wants to find out what the average!! Aussie music buff was getting off on in the early 70's grab a copy of a Rodriguez album and see how off the planet we really were.

Brilliant!.......2006-12-22

Previous reviewers have said everything already! This album was recommended to me by Pandora on a Dylan radio station, suggesting I'd like this if I like Dylan... and sure they know their stuff!

commentary in poetry.......2006-04-06

First released in 1970, this album is a commentary in the tradition of Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan but with a style and vibe of it's very own.
Each song is something original and new in itself but running through it is a theme of drugs : "Dancing Rosemary, disappearing sister Ruth
It's just your yellow appetite
that has you choking on the truth
You gave in, you gave out, outlived your dream of youth "

social alienation : "Now you sit there thinking feeling insecure
The mocking court jester claims there is no proven cure
Go back to your chamber, your eyes upon the wall
'Cos you got no one to listen, you got no one to call"

, cynicism and angry condemmnation of the corrupt materialism of the wealthy : "And don't try to enchant me with your manner of dress
'Cos a monkey in silk is a monkey no less
So measure for measure reflect on my said "

And a focus on the plight of the poor: "The ladies on my street
Aren't there for their health
Welfare checks don't pave
The road to much wealth. "

Rodriguez never was a star in the USA but had a massive following in South Africa, Zimbabwe , Australia and New Zealand.

My personal favourites are: "CRUCIFY YOUR MIND " , "I WONDER" "LIKE JANIS" and "JANE S. PIDDY".

If you enjoy the genius Leonard Cohen you will want to sample Rodriguez.

Discovered Rodriguez in Mozambique.......2006-01-28

I was in the Peace Corps in Malawi in the mid-90s, was hitching through Mozambique with a couple of other volunteers in the spring of '95, just after the war. The only other "mzungus" we saw the whole time there was this South African couple we met in a restuarant in Nampula who invited us to stay at their house on the beach. They were working there to rebuild the roads and put on this album while we were hanging out that night. It floored me immediately.

I asked who it was and the guy looked at me oddly and said "Rodriguez, he's AMERICAN" as if he thought I was a nutter for never having heard of the guy. And he was right. The next time I was in SA for holiday I snapped it right up.

Listening to it right now. If he tours here I would go in a heart beat. His songs definitely have a Dylan quality to them as many have mentioned, but his voice reminds me a Jim Croche. You won't regret buying this album.

I am now a SAHM, living in the 'burbs, my 1.5 year son is playing with the CD cover right now. My how times change, but when I put on this album I am a wandering 20something, saving the world and hitchhiking through southern africa, where ever the ride takes us. I am RIGHT THERE.

Average customer rating:

Cold Fact
Rodriguez
Manufacturer: Msi Music Corp
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0002B71WM
Release Date: 2002-08-28

Average customer rating:

Cold Fact
Rodriguez
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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