Cardiff Rose is a solo studio album by American singer/songwriter and ex-The Byrds frontman Roger McGuinn, released in 1976. The album, produced by Mick Ronson, was recorded on the heels of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue 1975 tour, in which both McGuinn and Ronson had participated. Other key members of the Rolling Thunder Revue were primary contributors: David Mansfield, Rob Stoner, Howie Wyeth, and lyricist Jacques Levy. Levy had previously co-written "Chestnut Mare" with McGuinn, and collaborated with Dylan on the album Desire. The album includes a pirate tale "Jolly Roger", a song about King Arthur's Round Table, and a version of Joni Mitchell's "Dreamland", which later appeared on her 1977 album Don Juan's Reckless Daughter. Stylistically, the album varies from traditional sounding folk and sea chanty music (such as the aforementioned "Jolly Roger") to rock songs influenced by the burgeoning punk rock movement (such as "Rock and Roll Time").

Track listing

All titles are written by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy except where otherwise noted.

Side one

Side two

2004 CD reissue bonus tracks

Personnel