Vindicator (album)

Vindicator
Studio album by Arthur Lee
Released	August 1972
Recorded	1972
Studio	A&M Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Rock and roll hard rock psychedelic rock
Length	35:51
Label	A&M
Producer	Arthur Lee Allan McDougall
Arthur Lee chronology
Vindicator (1972) Black Beauty (1973)

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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.

A cover of the track "Everybody's Gotta Live" was recorded by American rapper and singer Mac Miller, and released on his posthumous album Circles in 2020.

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

Musicians

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

Technical

• Allan McDougall, Arthur Lee – producers
• Tommy Vicari – engineer
• Steve Mitchell – assistant engineer
• Roland Young – art direction
• Elijah Alfred – cover photography
• Jim McCrary, Jeffery Eisen, Shepard Sherbell, Herbert Worthington – additional photography