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)" (Kusic–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

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