Sixto Rodriguez, Cold Fact
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Cold Fact is the debut album from American singer-songwriter Rodriguez. It was released in the United States on the Sussex label in March 1970. It is notable that while the album sold very poorly in the United States (Rodriguez was himself an unknown in the U.S.), it managed to sell well in both South Africa and Australia without Rodriguez himself even knowing. In 1971 the album was released in South Africa by A&M Records, who were by then the owners of the Sussex label. In 1976, several thousand copies of Cold Fact were found in a New York warehouse and sold out in Australia in a few weeks. It went to No. 23 on the Australian album charts, staying on the charts for 55 weeks. In 1998 Cold Fact was awarded a platinum disc in South Africa, and was five-times platinum in Australia. Rodriguez has since toured South Africa and Australia with much success, but remained relatively unknown in his native country of the USA. This began to change after the reissues of his albums in the U.S. by Light in the Attic ..........Cold Fact was featured as a "Buried Treasure" in the August 2002 issue of Mojo. 1. "Sugar Man" 3:45 2. "Only Good for Conversation" 2:25 3. "Crucify Your Mind" 2:30 4. "This Is Not a Song, It's an Outburst: Or, the Establishment Blues" 2:05 5. "Hate Street Dialogue" 2:30 6. "Forget It" 1:50 7. "Inner City Blues" 3:23 8. "I Wonder" 2:30 9. "Like Janis" 2:32 10. "Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme)" 2:20 11. "Rich Folks Hoax" 3:05 12. "Jane S. Piddy"
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