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Alice's Restaurant is the debut studio album by Arlo Guthrie released in October 1967 by Reprise Records. It features one of his most famous songs, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree". A steady seller, the album peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 album chart in March 1968. The album re-entered the chart in October 1969 and reached No. 63 in November of that year.[4] Alice's Restaurant went gold (500,000 units sold) in September 1969 and Platinum (1,000,000 sold) in October 1986.

Alice's Restaurant
Studio album by Arlo Guthrie
Released	October 1967
Genre	Folk
Length	34:36
Label	Reprise
Producer	Fred Hellerman
Arlo Guthrie chronology
Alice's Restaurant (1967) Arlo (1968)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	Positive[2]
The Village Voice	B+[3]

In 1996, Guthrie recorded the same material live for the album Alice's Restaurant: The Massacree Revisited.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Arlo Guthrie.

Side one

1. "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" – 18:20

Side two

2. "Chilling of the Evening" – 3:01
3. "Ring-Around-a-Rosy Rag" – 2:10
4. "Now and Then" – 2:15
5. "I'm Going Home" – 3:12
6. "The Motorcycle Song" – 2:58
7. "Highway in the Wind" – 2:40

Personnel

• Arlo Guthrie – vocals, guitar
• The unknown musicians who play the electric guitar, standup bass, and drums
• Al Brown – assistant production
• Richard Chalfin – cover concept
• Diana J. Davies – photography
• Fred Hellerman – production
• Harold Leventhal – liner notes
• Ed Thrasher – art direction
• Sherman Weisburd – cover photography
• John S. Wilson – liner notes

References

External links

• Alice's Restaurant at Discogs (list of releases)
• Alice's Restaurant at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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