Solid Gold 68

Solid Gold 68
Studio album by Chet Atkins
Released	1968
Genre	Country, pop
Length	28:56
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Felton Jarvis, Bob Ferguson
Chet Atkins chronology
Hometown Guitar (1968) Solid Gold 68 (1968) Solo Flights (1968)

Solid Gold 68 is the thirty-fifth studio album by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released on RCA Victor LSP-4061. It is the first in a series of three albums providing Chet with the opportunity to interpret some of the pop hits of the year. It reached No. 18 on the Country Album charts.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "a mostly overproduced, perfunctory collection of period pop hits that does neither the guitarist nor the tunes much good."^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Slick" (Herb Alpert/Pisano)– 2:57
2. "Lady Madonna" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:30
3. "Prayer Meetin'" (Smith) – 2:47
4. "Sealed with a Kiss" (Peter Udell, Gary Geld) – 2:31
5. "Stoned Soul Picnic" (Laura Nyro) – 2:55
6. "The Sounds of Silence" (Paul Simon) – 2:52

Side two

1. "Mrs. Robinson" (Paul Simon) – 2:54
2. "Harper Valley PTA" (Tom T. Hall) – 2:43
3. "Light My Fire" (Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison) – 3:05
4. "Sleep Safe and Warm (Lullaby from Rosemary's Baby)" (Kusik–Snyder–Komeda) – 3:03
5. "Grazing in the Grass" (Harry Elston, Philemon Hou)– 2:38
6. "It Never Hurts to Ask" (Saussy) – 2:36

Personnel

• Chet Atkins – guitar
• Bill Walker, Cam Mullins – string arrangements

References