K (album)
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| Studio album by Kula Shaker | ||||
| Released | 16 September 1996 (UK) October 22, 1996 (US) |
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| Recorded | January–May 1996, Eden, RAK, Townhouse, Chipping Norton, Livingston, The Pierce Room, Wessex, Maison Rouge, Eastcote Studios | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, Britpop | |||
| Length | 48:51 (not including 13:04 silence) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | John Leckie, Shep & Dodge, Crispian Mills | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Austin Chronicle |  [2] |
| Robert Christgau | C [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ [4] |
| Rolling Stone | favorable [5] |
K is the debut album by Kula Shaker, released on 16 September 1996. When it was released, it became the fastest selling debut album in Britain since Oasis's Definitely Maybe.[citation needed] The album reached the #1 position in the UK charts, however in America it stalled at #200 in the Billboard charts.
The track "Grateful When You're Dead/Jerry Was There" is a homage to Jerry Garcia and his band The Grateful Dead.[citation needed] The Grateful Dead's psychedelic rock style is an influence on Kula Shaker's first and second albums. The hidden track after "Hollow Man" is a recording of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, speaking about his own guru.
The cover art (by comic-book artist Dave Gibbons) consists of various images related to the letter K, including: John F. Kennedy, Lord Kitchener, Karl Marx, Gene Kelly, Katharine Hepburn, Ken Dodd, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Danny Kaye, Kal-El (Superman), Boris Karloff (as Frankenstein), Krishna, King Kong, Martin Luther King, Jr., 2 Knights (a pair of Keys on one of them), a Kettle, Kali, the Kaiser, Nikita Khrushchev, Grace Kelly, the number 11 (symbolizing K) and Rudyard Kipling's book Kim.
In 1998 K was placed at number 44 on Q's 100 greatest albums of all time list.[citation needed] In 2011, K once again made into a Q Magazine list for the 250 Greatest Albums of All Time.
[edit] Tracks
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Hey Dude" | 4:10 |
| 2. | "Knight on the Town" | 3:25 |
| 3. | "Temple of Everlasting Light" | 2:33 |
| 4. | "Govinda" | 4:57 |
| 5. | "Smart Dogs" | 3:16 |
| 6. | "Magic Theatre" | 2:38 |
| 7. | "Into the Deep" | 3:49 |
| 8. | "Sleeping Jiva" | 2:02 |
| 9. | "Tattva" | 3:46 |
| 10. | "Grateful When You're Dead/Jerry Was There" | 5:42 |
| 11. | "303" | 3:08 |
| 12. | "Start All Over" | 2:35 |
| 13. | "Hollow Man Parts 1 & 2" | 6:10 (plus 0:12 hidden track after – 13:04 silence) |
| Preceded by New Adventures in Hi-Fi by R.E.M. |
UK number one album 28 September 1996 – 11 October 1996 |
Succeeded by Natural by Peter Andre |
[edit] References
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Allmusic review". Allmusic. All Media Guide. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r241395. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ "Record Reviews - Music Review". The Austin Chronicle. 1996-11-15. http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid:525630. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ "CG: Kula Shaker". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=3156&name=Kula+Shaker. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ Reviewed by Tracey Pepper (1996-10-25). "K Review | Music Reviews and News". EW.com. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,294690,00.html#. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ [1][dead link]
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