Looks at Life

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Looks at Life
Studio album by John Hartford
Released	1967
Genre	Folk Country Novelty
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Felton Jarvis
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link All Music Guide link
John Hartford chronology
Looks at Life (1967) Earthwords & Music (1967)
Alternate cover
2002 BMG Re-issue

Looks at Life is singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist John Hartford's debut album. It pretty much set the pattern for all of his RCA albums over the next four years. a combination of dry wit and superb musicianship, delivered with a warm conversational baritone. This, along with all six of his first albums were repackaged in three "twofer" CDs on BMG's Camden Deluxe label in 2002, immediately following his death.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by John Hartford.

1. "I Reckon" – 1:21
2. "Today" – 3:16
3. "A Man Smoking a Cigar" – 2:04
4. "Untangle Your Mind" – 2:03
5. "Like Unto a Mockingbird" – 2:53
6. "I Shoulda Wore My Birthday Suit" – 1:51
7. "The Tall Tall Grass" – 2:26
8. "Front Porch" – 2:00
9. "Eve of My Multiplication" – 1:49
10. "When the Sky Began to Fall" – 3:51
11. "Corn Cob Blues" – 2:36
12. "Minus the Woman" – 2:57
13. "Jack's in the Sack" – 2:09