Collector's Choice
1971
And So: On
About This Album
After penning a series of middle-of-the-road pop hits in the late '60s and early '70s ("By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Up-Up and Away," "MacArthur Park," etc.), 24-year-old Jimmy Webb launched his career as a recording artist in his own right with Words and Music in November 1970. (Jim Webb Sings Jim Webb, a collection of demos never intended as an album had preceded it, but Webb disavowed the release.) Reprise Records may have expected the album to sell on Webb's name, but it didn't, especially because, compared to his hits, it was under-produced (most of the instruments were played by the songwriter and Fred Tackett) and because Webb's writing had taken a more personal tone; for example, he devoted a three-song suite to the travails of being a songwriter. With the disc's commercial failure, Reprise was prepared to give him a second chance, and as soon as possible. So, in May 1971, only six months after Words and Music, And So: On was released. Webb hadn't had time to write an album's worth of new material. In fact, only four songs -- "Met Her on a Plane," "Laspitch," "One Lady," and "If Ships Were Made to Sail" -- carried 1971 copyrights, and songs dated back as far as 1967.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,8 and 9)

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