Tim Hardin 2 is the second album by folk artist Tim Hardin, released in 1967.
History The original LP release has a long poem on the back cover by Hardin titled "A Question of Birth..."
Tim Hardin 2 contains Hardin's most popular and much-covered composition "If I Were a Carpenter", most notably by Bobby Darin, whose version peaked at No. 8 in the US and No. 9 in the UK in 1966.
Tim Hardin 2 was re-released on CD in 1998 by Repertoire along with Tim Hardin 1.
Reception
In his review for AllMusic, music critic Richie Unterberger wrote "Tim Hardin 2 is probably his best single album, on which he eschewed blues nearly entirely and forged a distinctive folk-rock voice..."
It was voted number 430 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).
Track listing All songs written by Tim Hardin.
Side one "If I Were a Carpenter" – 2:41 "Red Balloon" – 2:37 "Black Sheep Boy" – 1:58 "The Lady Came from Baltimore" – 1:49 "Baby Close Its Eyes" – 1:52
Side two "You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie" – 1:47 "Speak Like a Child" – 3:15 "See Where You Are and Get Out" – 1:12 "It's Hard to Believe in Love for Long" – 2:17 "Tribute to Hank Williams" – 3:10
Personnel Tim Hardin – vocals, guitar, keyboards Don Peake – arranger Other musicians uncredited
Production notes Produced by Charles Koppelman and Don Rubin Jerry Schoenbaum – production supervision Val Valentin – director of engineering Engineered by Doc Siegel Cover design by David Krieger Cover photo by Marshall Harmon
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