Vehicle (The Ides of March album)


Vehicle is the debut studio album by The Ides of March, released in 1970. The single and title of the album, "Vehicle", became the fastest selling single in Warner's history.

Reception

In his retrospective review for Allmusic, critic Mark Deming wrote "the band sounds tight, enthusiastic, and emphatic on all ten tracks" and that the album "documents this band's limitations as well as its strengths, but ultimately it's a good week's work, and shows the Ides of March had more up their sleeve than their only hit." Conversely, Robert Christgau called the album "Schlocky... more schlock than anyone needs."

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Peterik, except where noted.
  1. "Vehicle" 2:56
  2. "Factory Band" 3:02
  3. "Sky Is Falling" 2:48
  4. "Home" 3:38
  5. "Wooden Ships/Dharma for One" 7:14
  6. "Bald Medusa" 3:02
  7. "Aire of Good Feeling" 3:14
  8. "Time for Thinking" 2:30
  9. "One Woman Man" 3:15
  10. "Symphony for Eleanor " 9:42

    Bonus tracks


  1. "Lead Me Home, Gently"
  2. "Superman"
  3. "Melody"
  4. "Vehicle"
  5. "High on a Hillside"

Personnel