Truly Fine Citizen is the rock band Moby Grape

Moby Grape

Moby Grape is an American rock group from the 1960s, known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively merged elements of folk music, blues, country, and jazz together with rock and psychedelic music...

's fourth album. After the departure of Bob Mosley

Bob Mosley

Bob Mosley is principally known as the bass player and one of the songwriters and vocalists for the band Moby Grape. He has also developed a career as a solo artist. Three of his best known songs with Moby Grape are "Mr...

, the remaining trio headed to Nashville where they cut this album in just three days with legendary Columbia Records producer Bob Johnston

Bob Johnston

Donald William Robert 'Bob' Johnston is a noted American record producer, best known for his work with Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Willie Nelson and many Nashville recording artists, as well as Simon and Garfunkel.-Early days:Johnston was born into a professional musical family...

. This album fulfilled the band's contract with Columbia Records. At the time, the band was in the midst of legal disputes with their manager, Matthew Katz

Matthew Katz

Matthew Katz is a music manager and producer, most notable as the former manager of Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape and It's A Beautiful Day. Katz was also one of the vanguard litigants in the famous Napster litigation, where he fought to protect property rights of music publishers.-History:Matthew...

, with the result that certain songs written by band members were instead credited to their road manager, Tom Dell'Ara. In particular, songs written by Jerry Miller

Jerry Miller

Jerry Miller is an American songwriter, guitarist and vocalist. He performs as a solo artist and as a member of the Jerry Miller Band. He is also a founding member of the 1960s San Francisco band Moby Grape, which continues to perform occasionally...

 and Don Stevenson became Tom Dell'Ara songs, to counter Matthew Katz withholding royalties on previous recordings.

Replacing Bob Mosley on bass was famed Nashville session musician Bob Moore

Bob Moore

Bob Loyce Moore is an American session musician, orchestra leader, and bassist who was a member of the legendary Nashville A-Team during the 1950s and 60s.-Biography:...

, who had played bass on many Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....

 sessions and was one of the founders of Monument Records

Monument Records

Monument Records was an American record label, Washington, D.C. named for the Washington Monument, founded in 1958, by Fred Foster and Buddy Deane . Buddy Deane soon left the company, and in the early 60's bought KOTN in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where he retired to until his death...

, for many years the recording home of Roy Orbison

Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...

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After completing this album, the band went on hiatus until 1971 when they reunited with Skip Spence

Skip Spence

Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence was a Canadian-born musician and singer-songwriter. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. He released one solo album, 1969's Oar, and then largely withdrew from the music industry...

 and Bob Mosley to record the reunion album, 20 Granite Creek

20 Granite Creek

20 Granite Creek is the rock band Moby Grape's fifth album. After recording their last album for Columbia Records, Truly Fine Citizen, the band went on hiatus until 1970 when they reunited with Skip Spence and Bob Mosley and recorded this reunion album for Reprise Records; their only album for the...

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Side one

1. "Changes, Circles Spinning" (Peter Lewis
   Peter Lewis (musician)
   Peter Lewis is one of the founding members of the band Moby Grape. Three of his better known songs with Moby Grape are "Fall On You" and "Sitting By The Window" from the self-titled first Moby Grape album and "If You Can't Learn From My Mistakes", from Moby Grape '69.- Background :He is the...
   
   ) – 2:27
2. "Looper" (Peter Lewis) – 3:02
3. "Truly Fine Citizen" (Tom Dell'Ara) – 1:47
4. "Beautiful Is Beautiful" (Tom Dell'Ara) – 2:29
5. "Love Song" (Tom Dell'Ara) – 2:22

Side two

1. "Right Before My Eyes" (Peter Lewis) – 2:02
2. "Open Up Your Heart" (Tom Dell'Ara) – 2:36
3. "Now I Know High" (Peter Lewis) – 6:10
4. "Treat Me Bad" (Tom Dell'Ara) – 2:17
5. "Tongue-Tied" (Jerry Miller
   Jerry Miller
   Jerry Miller is an American songwriter, guitarist and vocalist. He performs as a solo artist and as a member of the Jerry Miller Band. He is also a founding member of the 1960s San Francisco band Moby Grape, which continues to perform occasionally...
   
   , Skip Spence) – 2:01
6. "Love Song, Part Two" (Tom Dell'Ara) – 2:41

Bonus tracks on 2007 CD edition

1. "Rounder" [Live] (Skip Spence) – 2:02
2. "Miller’s Blues" [Live] (Jerry Miller, Bob Mosley) – 6:06
3. "Changes" [Live] (Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson) – 4:17
4. "Skip’s Song" ["Seeing" Demo] (Skip Spence) – 3:26
5. "Looper" [Demo] (Peter Lewis) – 2:06
   • Previously unreleased
6. "Soul Stew" [Instrumental] (Bob Mosley) – 2:18
   • Previously unreleased
7. "Cockatoo Blues" ["Tongue-Tied" Demo] (Jerry Miller, Skip Spence) – 3:41
   • Previously unreleased

Personnel

• Peter Lewis
  Peter Lewis (musician)
  Peter Lewis is one of the founding members of the band Moby Grape. Three of his better known songs with Moby Grape are "Fall On You" and "Sitting By The Window" from the self-titled first Moby Grape album and "If You Can't Learn From My Mistakes", from Moby Grape '69.- Background :He is the...
  
   – rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
  
  , vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Jerry Miller
  Jerry Miller
  Jerry Miller is an American songwriter, guitarist and vocalist. He performs as a solo artist and as a member of the Jerry Miller Band. He is also a founding member of the 1960s San Francisco band Moby Grape, which continues to perform occasionally...
  
   – lead guitar
  Lead guitar
  Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
  
  , vocals
• Don Stevenson – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , vocals

Charts

Album - Billboard

Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...

Year	Chart	Position
1969	Pop Albums	157