Coming from Reality

Coming from Reality
Studio album by
Rodriguez
ReleasedNovember 1971
Recorded1970
StudiosLansdowne Studios, London
Genres
Length40:30
LabelSussex
ProducerSteve Rowland
Rodriguez chronology
Cold Fact
(1970)		 Coming from Reality
(1971)		 At His Best
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star
Laut.deStarStarStarStar
MusicOMHStarStarStar
Pitchfork6.1/10
PopMatters6/10

Coming from Reality is the second and final studio album from American singer–songwriter Rodriguez, originally released by Sussex Records in 1971. It was later released in South Africa in 1976 with the alternate title After the Fact.

The album was also reissued on compact disc (CD) by Light in the Attic Records in May 2009. This reissue included three bonus tracks originally released only in Australia, although they were recorded in Detroit in 1972 with Cold Fact collaborators Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey, representing the last recordings they ever did together.

Track listing

All songs written by Sixto Rodriguez.

No.TitleLength
1."Climb Up on My Music"4:54
2."A Most Disgusting Song"4:49
3."I Think of You"3:25
4."Heikki's Suburbia Bus Tour"3:22
5."Silver Words?"2:04
6."Sandrevan Lullaby – Lifestyles"6:37
7."To Whom It May Concern"3:21
8."It Started Out So Nice"4:01
9."Halfway Up the Stairs"2:27
10."Cause"5:30
2009 re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Can't Get Away"3:57
12."Street Boy"3:47
13."I'll Slip Away"2:53

Personnel

Credits adapted from the 2009 CD reissue liner notes.

Technical

Artwork

Releases

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 24
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)109
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)12
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)91
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)29
French Albums (SNEP)135
Spanish Albums (Promusicae)63
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)16
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) 67
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)25
UK Albums (Official Charts)73

References

  1. ↑ Gallo, Phil (July 29, 2012). "Cult Singer Rodriguez Risen in New Film 'Sugar Man'". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Kik, Quint. "Coming from Reality – Rodriguez". AllMusic. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  3. ↑ Schuh, Michael (May 8, 2009). "Aus den frühen 70ern ins Jetzt gebeamt". laut.de (in German). Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  4. ↑ Oliver, Nic (May 5, 2009). "Rodriguez – Coming From Reality". MusicOMH. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  5. ↑ Sisson, Patrick (May 5, 2009). "Rodriguez: Coming From Reality". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  6. ↑ Sisson, Patrick (July 28, 2009). "Rodriguez: Coming From Reality". PopMatters. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  7. ↑ Stevenson, Mark (March 12, 2009). "Rodriguez 'Coming From Reality' gets new lease of life". altsounds.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2009. Retrieved March 17, 2009.
  8. ↑ Coming from Reality (Liner notes, CD booklet). Rodriguez. Light in the Attic Records. 2009. LITA 038.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ↑ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 4 March 2013" (PDF) (1201). Australian Web Archive. March 19, 2013: 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 18, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Rodriguez – Coming From Reality" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  11. ↑ "Danishcharts.dk – Rodriguez – Coming From Reality". Hung Medien.
  12. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Rodriguez – Coming From Reality" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  13. ↑ "Rodriguez: Coming From Reality" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  14. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Rodriguez – Coming From Reality". Hung Medien.
  15. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Rodriguez – Coming From Reality". Hung Medien.
  16. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Rodriguez – Coming From Reality". Hung Medien.
  17. ↑ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 1 April 2013" (PDF) (1205). Australian Web Archive. April 8, 2013: 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  18. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Rodriguez – Coming from Reality". Hung Medien.
  19. ↑ "Rodriguez Songs and Albums | Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company.