One-Eyed Jack (album)
# One-Eyed Jack (album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+ |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |

One-Eyed Jack is an album by Garland Jeffreys, released in 1978 on A&M Records. It was recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York City, and produced by Jeffreys and David Spinozza. It was dedicated: "in Memory of my childhood idol, Jackie Robinson...here comes the One-Eyed Jack, Sometimes white and sometimes black".

The album peaked at No. 99 on the Billboard 200.

## Critical reception

The Globe and Mail wrote that "the promise shown in one earlier album has either disappeared entirely or has been smothered under a battery of badly-produced backup musicians." The Rolling Stone Album Guide called One-Eyed Jack "a somewhat confused, less-than-catchy concept album."

## Track listing

All tracks composed by Garland Jeffreys; except where indicated

* "She Didn't Lie" - 3:25
* "Keep On Trying" - 3:14
* "Reelin'" - 3:14
* "Haunted House" - 2:53
* "One-Eyed Jack" - 5:01
* "Scream in the Night" - 3:50
* "No Woman No Cry" (Vincent Ford, Bob Marley) - 4:42
* "Oh My Soul" - 4:03
* "Desperation Drive" - 4:21
* "Been There and Back" - 4:24

## Charts

| Chart (1978) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australian (Kent Music Report) | 82 |

## Personnel

* Garland Jeffreys - guitar, percussion, vocals
* Hugh McCracken - guitar, slide guitar, harmonica
* David Spinozza - guitar, slide guitar, piano
* Andy Cherna, Jeff Mironov - guitar
* Anthony Jackson - bass
* Don Grolnick - piano, organ
* Dr. John - piano, clavinet
* Rob Mounsey - organ
* Rick Trifan - mini Moog, synthetic strings
* Winston Grennan, Rick Shlosser - drums
* Steve Gadd - drums, timbales, percussion
* Ralph MacDonald - congas, percussion
* Michael Brecker, George Young - tenor saxophone
* David Sanborn - alto and baritone saxophone
* Lou Delgato - baritone saxophone
* Randy Brecker, Alan Rubin, Marvin Stamm - trumpet
* David Lasley, Diana Graselli, Diva Gray, Phoebe Snow, Luther Vandross - backing vocals

### Technical

* "Iron Mike" Michael O'Reilly - assistant engineer
* Lew Hahn - recording, mixing
* Carole Langer - creative director
* Chuck Beeson - design
* Bob Richardson - cover photography
