O'Keefe is an album by singer-songwriter Danny O'Keefe, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music). It peaked at #87 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. The lead-off single was "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" (a re-recording of a song O'Keefe had first recorded for his self-titled debut album two years earlier), which reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was covered by numerous artists. "The Road" was covered by Jackson Browne on his album Running on Empty. O'Keefe was reissued in 2006 on the Wounded Bird label.

O'Keefe
Studio album by
Released1972
GenrePop, rock
Length38:39
LabelSignpost Records/Atlantic
ProducerArif Mardin
Danny O'Keefe chronology
Danny O'Keefe
(1970)
O'Keefe
(1972)
Breezy Stories
(1973)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic      [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]

Thom Jurek states in his Allmusic review: "O'Keefe is utterly solid, so completely diverse, and tight; it's a forgotten masterpiece."

Track listing

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All songs by Danny O'Keefe unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" – 3:00
  2. "Shooting Star" – 2:39
  3. "The Question (Obviously)" – 3:39
  4. "Honky Tonkin'" (Hank Williams) – 2:49
  5. "The Road" – 3:49
  6. "Grease It" – 3:16
  7. "An American Dream" – 5:14
  8. "Louie the Hook vs. the Preacher" – 3:37
  9. "The Valentine Pieces" – 3:17
  10. "I'm Sober Now" – 2:45
  11. "Roseland Taxi Dancer" – 2:47
  12. "I Know You Really Love Me" – 0:59

Personnel

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Production notes:

References

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  1. ^ Jurek, Thom. "O'Keefe > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: O". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.