G. Love and Special Sauce (album)
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Rap, blues | |||
| Length | 58:29 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Stiff Johnson, Special Sauce | |||
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G. Love and Special Sauce is the debut album by the American band G. Love & Special Sauce, released in 1994.[1][2] The album was certified Gold after selling 500,000 copies. It contains the song "Cold Beverage", which became a college-radio staple,[3] as well as "Baby's Got Sauce", which Seattle's KEXP-FM 90.3 called the song of the year.[4]
Critical reception
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| Q | [6] |
The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that G. Love's "carefree playing refracts the blues into a slew of unlikely colors, and his rapping, a style he calls 'ragmop', is one of the most significant updates of blues phrasing since British rockers took a shine to the sound in the mid-'60s."[7] The Globe and Mail concluded that "it's nothing profound and it will no doubt get up the nose of both blues and rap purists, but it's good dumb fun nonetheless."[8]
The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[9]
Track listing
[edit]- "The Things That I Used to Do" – 3:35
- "Blues Music" – 4:17
- "Garbage Man" – 4:51
- "Eyes Have Miles" – 5:22
- "Baby's Got Sauce" – 3:54
- "Rhyme for the Summertime" – 3:06
- "Cold Beverage" – 2:33
- "Fatman" – 4:16
- "This Ain't Living" – 6:34
- "Walk to Slide" – 4:28
- "Shooting Hoops (with Mou Akoon)" – 3:31
- "Some Peoples Like That" – 4:49
- "Town to Town" – 3:33
- "I Love You" – 3:32
Personnel
[edit]- G. Love & Special Sauce
- G. Love – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Jeffrey Clemens – drums, percussion, background vocals
- Jimi "Jazz" Prescott – string bass
- Additional musicians
- Scott Storch – piano
- Jasper – additional lead vocals
References
[edit]- ^ Budnick, Dean (1998). "Jam Bands": North America's Hottest Live Groups, Plus How to Tape and Trade Their Shows. ECW Press. p. 101.
- ^ Jacobson, Mark (Oct 1994). "New(ish) and not bad this month". Esquire. Vol. 122, no. 4. p. 157.
- ^ "G. Love and Special Sauce". RollingStone.com. 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ "The KEXP Top 90.3 Album Chart for 1994". kexp.org. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Roberts, David. "Review: G. Love and Special Sauce - G. Love and Special Sauce". Q. No. July 1999. EMAP Metro Ltd. p. 142.
- ^ Moon, Tom (8 May 1994). "A New Shade of the Blues for G. Love". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. G1.
- ^ Dafoe, Chris (11 July 1994). "G. Love and Special Sauce". The Globe and Mail. p. C2.
- ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
