All American Boy (Rick Derringer album)


All American Boy is the debut solo studio album by Rick Derringer, it was released on Blue Sky Records in late 1973. "Joy Ride" and "Time Warp" are instrumentals.

Critical reception

Reviewing for AllMusic, critic Cub Koda wrote of the album "this is simply Rick Derringer's most focused and cohesive album, a marvelous blend of rockers, ballads, and atmospheric instrumentals", and they added that it was "one of the great albums of the '70s that fell between the cracks."

Release history

In addition to the conventional two channel stereo version the album was also released in a four channel quadraphonic edition on LP record and 8-track tape in 1974. The quad LP release was encoded in the SQ matrix system.
The album was reissued in the UK on the Super Audio CD format in 2018 by Dutton Vocalion. This release is a two albums on one disc compilation which also contains Derringer's 1975 album Spring Fever. The Dutton Vocalion disc contains the complete stereo and quad versions of both albums.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Rick Derringer; except where indicated
  1. "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" - 3:43
  2. "Joy Ride" - instrumental - 1:50
  3. "Teenage Queen" - 3:31
  4. "Cheap Tequila" - 2:44
  5. "Uncomplicated" - 3:40
  6. "Hold" - 3:12
  7. "The Airport Giveth " - 2:49
  8. "Teenage Love Affair" - 3:20
  9. "It's Raining" - 2:05
  10. "Time Warp" - instrumental - 2:53
  11. "Slide On Over Slinky" - 4:21
  12. "Jump, Jump, Jump" - 6:00

    Track-by-track personnel

;"Rock and Roll Hoochie-Koo"
;"Joy Ride"
;"Teenage Queen"
;"Cheap Tequila"
;"Uncomplicated"
;"Hold"
;"The Airport Giveth "
;"Teenage Love Affair"
;"It's Raining"
;"Time Warp"
;"Slide On Over Slinky"
;"Jump, Jump, Jump"