Coast to Coast Motel
1995 studio album by G. Love & Special Sauce
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Released | September 19, 1995 | |||
Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
Label | Epic B000002B5U | |||
Producer | Jim Dickinson[1] | |||
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Coast to Coast Motel is the second album by G. Love & Special Sauce, released in 1995.[6]
Critical reception
The Dallas Observer called Coast to Coast Motel "almost completely stripped of the hip-hop that so pleasantly tempered the straightforward blues of the first album."[6] Trouser Press wrote that the group "establishes an easy mastery of understated rhythm and harmonic economy."[1] SF Weekly called it "steeped in the feel-good blues vibe of the G. Love live experience."[7]
Track listing
All songs by G. Love, except as noted
- "Sweet Sugar Mama" (G. Love, J. Clemens, J. Prescott) – 4:05
- "Leaving the City" – 3:40
- "Nancy" (G. Love, J. Clemens, J. Prescott) – 3:21
- "Kiss and Tell" – 3:14
- "Chains #3" (G. Love, J. Clemens, J. Prescott) – 2:58
- "Sometimes" – 4:23
- "Everybody" – 3:40
- "Soda Pop" (G. Love, J. Clemens) – 3:49
- "Bye Bye Baby" – 4:39
- "Tomorrow Night" – 4:55
- "Small Fish" (G. Love, J. Clemens, J. Prescott) – 5:21
- "Coming Home" – 4:35
Personnel
- G. Love – guitar, harmonica, vocals
- Jeffrey "Thunderhouse" Clemens – drums, backing vocals
- Jimi "Jazz" Prescott – double bass
- Rebirth Brass Band – horns
- Jim Dickinson – electric piano, producer
- BroDeeva – backing vocals
- Technical
- Chika Azuma – Art Direction, Design
- Richard Hasal – Assistant Engineer
- Keith Keller – Producer, Mixing
- Ron Kruit – Photography
- Bob Krusen – Engineer
- Stephen Marcussen – Mastering
- Trina Shoemaker – Assistant Engineer
- Don Smith – Mixing
- Special Sauce – Producer
- Ski Williams – Illustrations
Coast to Coast Motel is also an actual motel in Hinton, West Virginia, where the New and Greenbrier Rivers meet.
References
- ^ a b "G. Love and Special Sauce". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 3225". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
- ^ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 333.
- ^ a b Parker, Jessica (December 9, 1999). "G. Love and Special Sauce". Dallas Observer.
- ^ Staff, SF Weekly (September 13, 1995). "Recordings". SF Weekly.
External links
- G. Love & Special Sauce Official site