Vindicator (album)

Vindicator
Studio album by Arthur Lee
Released	August 1972
Studio	A&M Studios, Hollywood, California
Label	A&M
Producer	Arthur Lee, Allan McDougall
Arthur Lee chronology
Vindicator (1972) Black Beauty (1973)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Creem	B–[1]

Vindicator is the first solo album by Arthur Lee, formerly of the rock band Love, released in 1972. The backing musicians are credited as Band-Aid.

46 years later the track "Everybody's Gotta Live" was covered by American rapper Mac Miller, and was then released as part of his posthumous album Circles in 2020.^[2]

Track listing[]

All tracks composed by Arthur Lee; except where indicated

1. "Sad Song" – 2:20
2. "You Can Save Up to 50%, But You're Still a Long Ways from Home" – 0:17
3. "Love Jumped Through My Window" – 2:56
4. "Find Somebody" – 3:47
5. "He Said She Said" – 2:18
6. "Every Time I Look Up I'm Down or White Dog (I Don't Know What That Means!)" – 3:57
7. "Everybody's Gotta Live" – 3:31
8. "You Want Change for Your Re-Run" – 4:17
9. "He Knows a Lot of Good Women (Or Scotty's Song)" – 3:14
10. "Hamburger Breath Stinkfinger" – 2:44
11. "Ol' Morgue Mouth" – 0:53
12. "Busted Feet" (Arthur Lee, Charles Karp) – 4:53

Bonus tracks

13. "Everybody's Gotta Live" – 3:37
14. "He Knows a Lot of Good Women" – 3:16
15. "Pencil in Hand" – 2:15
16. "E-Z Rider" (Jimi Hendrix) – 2:58
17. "Looking Glass Looking at Me" – 4:05

Personnel[]

• Arthur Lee - rhythm guitar, vocals
• Charlie Karp - lead guitar
• Frank Fayad - bass on 4,10,11
• Clarence McDonald - organ on "Find Somebody"
• Don Poncher - drums
• Craig Tarwater - lead guitar on 4,10,11
• David Hull - bass

Technical

• Tommy Vicari - engineer
• Steve Mitchell - assistant engineer
• Roland Young - art direction
• Elijah Alfred - cover photography

References[]