{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Cold Fact | type = studio | artist = Rodriguez | cover = Rodriguezcoldfact.jpg | alt = | released = March 1970 | recorded = August–September 1969 | venue = | studio = Tera Shirma, Detroit | genre = {{hlist|Folk rock<ref name="Delingpole">{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/6004307/Sixto-Rodriguez-the-rocknroll-Lord-Lucan.html|title= Sixto Rodriguez interview: the rock'n'roll Lord Lucan|last= Delingpole|first= James|date= August 11, 2009|website= The Telegraph|publisher= Telegraph Media Group|access-date= May 13, 2017}}</ref> |psychedelic folk<ref name="Delingpole"/>}} | length = 32:23 | label = Sussex | producer = {{hlist|Mike Theodore|Dennis Coffey}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Coming from Reality | next_year = 1971 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r558675|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref> |rev2 = ''The Austin Chronicle'' |rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2008-09-05/668697/|title=Rodriguez: Cold Fact Album Review|newspaper=The Austin Chronicle}}</ref> |rev4 = ''Pitchfork'' |rev4score = 8.0<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12189-cold-fact/ |title=Cold Fact |work=Pitchfork Media |date=September 17, 2008}}</ref> |rev3 = ''The New Zealand Herald'' |rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10817876 - Cold Fact]. ''The New Zealand Herald'' review</ref> |rev5 = ''PopMatters'' |rev5score = 8/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/rodriguez-cold-fact-2496120710.html|title=Rodriguez: Cold Fact|date=September 18, 2008|website=PopMatters}}</ref> |rev6 = ''Rolling Stone Germany'' |rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.de/reviews/rodriguez-cold-fact/|title=Rodriguez: Cold Fact|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> }}
'''''Cold Fact''''' is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Rodriguez, released in the United States by Sussex Records in March 1970. The album sold poorly in the United States, but performed better in South Africa and Australia,<ref name="cold-fact">{{cite web|url=http://www.sugarman.org/coldfact.html |title=The Official Rodriguez Website: Cold Fact |publisher=Sugarman.org |accessdate=February 10, 2012}}</ref> with Rodriguez touring Australia in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/international-man-of-mystery-20130228-2f6vm.html|title=International man of mystery|first=Andrew|last=Watt|date=February 28, 2013|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>
In 1971 the album was released in South Africa by A&M Records. In 1976, several thousand copies of ''Cold Fact'' were found in a New York warehouse and sold out in Australia in a few weeks. It went to No. 23 on the Australian album charts in 1978, staying on the charts for fifty-five weeks. In 1998 ''Cold Fact'' was awarded a platinum disc in South Africa, and was five-times platinum in Australia. Rodriguez has since toured South Africa and Australia with much success, but remained relatively unknown in his native country of the US.<ref name="cold-fact"/> This began to change after the reissues of his albums in the US by Light in the Attic Records in 2008 and 2009, and even further in 2012 with the Academy Award winning documentary film ''Searching for Sugar Man'', which soon led to appearances on major American television shows like ''60 Minutes'' and ''The Late Show with David Letterman''.
''Cold Fact'' has sold 201,000 since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking in 1991, 173,000 of those after the film opened, 98,000 in the wake of the Oscar win. ''Coming from Reality'' has moved 105,000 albums, 99,000 since the movie hit, 60,000 post-Academy Awards. The film's soundtrack album (which was picked up by Sony's Legacy catalog division) boasts 152,000 in sales.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6121152/rodriguez-label-chief-our-dealings-with-clarence-avant-were-always-positive|title=Rodriguez Label Chief: 'Our Dealings with Clarence Avant Were Always Positive' |magazine=Billboard |date=June 13, 2014 |accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref>
thumb|right|Sugar Man audio sample thumb|right|Hate Street Dialogue audio sample
==Track listing== All songs written by Sixto Rodriguez, except (5, 10) by Gary Harvey, Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey. {{tracklist | title1 = Sugar Man | length1 = 3:45 | title2 = Only Good for Conversation | length2 = 2:25 | title3 = Crucify Your Mind | length3 = 2:30 | title4 = This Is Not a Song, It's an Outburst: Or, the Establishment Blues | length4 = 2:05 | title5 = Hate Street Dialogue | length5 = 2:30 | title6 = Forget It | length6 = 1:50 | title7 = Inner City Blues | length7 = 3:23 | title8 = I Wonder | length8 = 2:30 | title9 = Like Janis | length9 = 2:32 | title10 = Gommorah (A Nursery Rhyme) | length10 = 2:20 | title11 = Rich Folks Hoax | length11 = 3:05 | title12 = Jane S. Piddy | length12 = 2:54 }}
==Personnel== There were no musicians credited on the original album sleeve, but Rodriguez and Mike Theodore filled in the gaps:<ref name="cold-fact"/>
* Rodriguez – vocals, acoustic guitar * Dennis Coffey – electric guitar, bass guitar * Mike Theodore – keyboards, brass and string arrangements * Andrew Smith – drums * Bob Pangborn – percussion * Bob Babbitt – bass guitar * Detroit Symphony (Leader Gordon Staples) – strings * Leader Carl Reatz – horns (trombones, baritone sax) * Friends and family of Joyce Vincent and Telma Hopkins – children's choir on "Gommorah"
;Technical * Recorded in Detroit in August and September 1969. * Arranged and produced by Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey. * Engineering by Mike Theodore at Tera-Shirma Studio, Detroit. * Ray Hall at RCA New York – remix * Ransier and Anderson – photography * Nancy Chester (See/Hear! & How!) – cover design
==Samples and features== "Sugar Man" was sampled in "You're Da Man", from the 2001 Nas album ''Stillmatic''.
In 2014, the French Deep House and Electro music producer Tristan Casara featured "Hate Street Dialogue" on his album for a new release credited to "The Avener Feat. Rodriguez". The release ''The Wanderings of the Avener'' charted in France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Avener+feat.+Rodriguez&titel=Hate+Street+Dialogue&cat=s|title=lescharts.com - The Avener feat. Rodriguez - Hate Street Dialogue|website=lescharts.com}}</ref>
"I Wonder" was used in Season 2 Episode 1 of the Australian TV series "Colin From Accounts".
==Compilations== "Sugar Man" was the opening track on David Holmes' 2002 compilation ''Come Get It I Got It''.
==Chart performance== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Chart (1978) ! Peak<br>position |- | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1201.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20130318130100/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20130319-0001/Issue1201.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 18, 2013|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 4 March 2013|date=March 19, 2013|magazine=The ARIA Report|publisher=Australian Web Archive|issue=1201|page=2|accessdate=August 19, 2014}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> | align="center"|23 |- ! Chart (2013–2014) ! Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|Australia|11|artist=Rodriguez|album=Cold Fact}} |- {{album chart|Flanders|50|artist=Rodriguez|album=Cold Fact}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|180|artist=Rodriguez|album=Cold Fact}} |- {{album chart|Denmark|4|artist=Rodriguez|album=Cold Fact}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|54|artist=Rodriguez|album=Cold Fact}} |- {{album chart|Finland|18|artist=Rodriguez|album=Cold Fact}} |- {{album chart|France|81|artist=Rodriguez|album=Cold Fact}} |- {{album chart|New Zealand|20|artist=Rodriguez|album=Cold Fact}} |- |South African Albums (RISA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsg.co.za|title=South African Top 20 Albums Chart|publisher=RSG (Recording Industry of South Africa)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315172617/http://www.rsg.co.za/|archivedate=March 15, 2013}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|16 |- {{album chart|Spain|17|artist=Rodriguez|album=Cold Fact}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|10|artist=Rodriguez|album=Cold Fact}} |- ! Chart (2017) ! Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|Germany|78|id=96255|artist=Rodriguez|album=Cold Fact|accessdate=March 10, 2017}} |- |}
===Certifications=== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=Cold Fact|artist=Rodriguez|award=Platinum|certref=<ref>{{cite book|title=Mojo collection: the ultimate music companion; brought to you by the makers of Mojo magazine|author=Irvin, Jim and Phil Alexander|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Q45AQAAIAAJ&q=%22CD+it+went+platinum%22+%22Midnight+Oil%22 |publisher=Canongate|date=November 1, 2007|isbn=9781841959733 }}</ref>|relyear=1970}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=Cold Fact|artist=Rodriguez|award=Silver|certyear=2015|id=13440-3160-2}} {{Certification Table Bottom}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.sugarman.org/coldfact.html ''Cold Fact''] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130718085038/http://www.jclicknet.com/mp3/cold-fact-rodriguez.html ''Cold Fact Rodriguez''] {{Sixto Rodriguez}}
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