Tantamount to Treason Vol. 1

Infobox Album
Name = Tantamount to Treason Vol. 1
Type = Album
Artist = Michael Nesmith & The Second National Band


Released = 1971
Genre = Country rock
Length = 37:02
Label = RCA
Producer = Michael Nesmith
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4z7tk6jx9kra link]
Last album = "Nevada Fighter" (1971)
This album = "Tantamount To Treason Vol. 1" (1972)
Next album = "And the Hits Just Keep on Comin'" (1972)

"Tantamount To Treason Vol. 1" is Michael Nesmith's fifth album, released in 1971.

The band on this release is credited as the Second National Band.

"Tantamount To Treason" was re-released in 2000 along with "Nevada Fighter" by BMG International in 2000. The re-release includes three previously unreleased bonus tracks. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gpfrxqy0ldae Nevada Fighter and Tantamount to Treason reissue review on Allmusic.] ]

Track listing

All songs by Michael Nesmith except where noted.
# "Mama Rocker" – 2:58
# "Lazy Lady" – 2:53
# "You Are My One" – 4:09
# "In the Afternoon" – 5:54
# "Highway 99 With Melange" (Cohen) – 5:01
# "Wax Minute" (Richard Stekol) – 4:34
# "Bonaparte's Retreat" (Pee Wee King/Redd Stewart) – 4:35
# "Talking to the Wall" (Bill Chadwick) – 2:54
# "She Thinks I Still Care" (Steve Duffy/Dickey Lee Lipscomb) – 4:04

Personnel

* Michael Nesmith - guitar, vocals
* Michael Cohen - keyboards & Moog synthesizer
* Johnny Meeks - bass
* Jack Panelli - drums
* O.J. "Red" Rhodes - pedal steelProduction notes
*Produced by Michael Nesmith
*Engineered by Peter Abbot
*Art direction by Acy Lehman
*Artwork by Wilson McLean
*Design by Frank Mulvey

References