K (album)
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Austin Chronicle | [2] |
Alternative Press | [3] |
The A.V. Club | (mixed)[4] |
Robert Christgau | C[5] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[6] |
NME | 9/10[7] |
Q | [8] |
Record Collector | [9] |
Rolling Stone | (favourable)[10] |
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 Elastica's debut the previous year.[11] The album reached the #1 position in the UK charts, however in America it stalled at #200 in the Billboard charts.
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 album received mixed reviews; Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic noted the band's "powerful rush", but said they "have trouble coming up with hooks".[1]
Artwork
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's monster), 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.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Crispian Mills except where indicated
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hey Dude" | 4:10 | |
2. | "Knight on the Town" | 3:25 | |
3. | "Temple of Everlasting Light" | Mills, Alonza Bevan | 2:33 |
4. | "Govinda" | 4:57 | |
5. | "Smart Dogs" | 3:16 | |
6. | "Magic Theatre" | Mills, Bevan | 2:38 |
7. | "Into the Deep" | Mills, Bevan | 3:49 |
8. | "Sleeping Jiva" | Mills, Bevan, Jay Darlington, Paul Winterhart | 2:02 |
9. | "Tattva" | 3:46 | |
10. | "Grateful When You're Dead/Jerry Was There" | 5:42 | |
11. | "303" | Mills, Bevan | 3:08 |
12. | "Start All Over" | 2:35 | |
13. | "Hollow Man (Parts 1 & 2)" (plus 0:12 hidden track after – 13:04 silence) | 6:10 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Tattva (Lucky 13 Mix)" | Mills, Bevan, Darlington, Winterjart | 3:59 |
15. | "Into the Deep (Unreleased John Leckie Version)" | Mills, Bevan | 4:45 |
16. | "Red Balloon (Vishnu's Eyes)" | Tim Hardin | 3:42 |
17. | "Hush" ("Hush" is 2:58; plus 1:25 hidden track at the end, an extended version of the original hidden track) | Joe South | 17:20 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Raagy One (Waiting for Tomorrow)" | 4:27 | |
15. | "Tattva (Lucky 13 Mix)" | Mills, Bevan, Darlington, Winterjart | 3:59 |
16. | "Into the Deep (Unreleased John Leckie Version)" | Mills, Bevan | 4:45 |
17. | "Red Balloon (Vishnu's Eyes)" | Tim Hardin | 3:42 |
18. | "Hush" ("Hush" is 2:58; plus 1:25 hidden track at the end, an extended version of the original hidden track) | Joe South | 12:53 |
Personnel
Kula Shaker
- Crispian Mills – Singing, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Tamboura.
- Alonza Bevan – Bass, Piano, Tabla, Backing Vocals
- Paul Winterhart – Drums
- Jay Darlington – Organ, Mellotron, Piano.
Guest musicians
- Wajahat Kahn - sarod (on "Sleeping Jiva")
- Himangsu Goswami - tabla (on "Govinda" and "Jerry Was There")
- Gauri - backing vocals (on "Govinda")
- The Kick Horns - horns (on "Start All Over")
References
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "AllMusic review". AllMusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "Record Reviews - Music Review". The Austin Chronicle. 15 November 1996. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "Kula Shaker – K". Alternative Press. January 1997. p. 73.
- ^ Thompson, Stephen (29 March 2002). "Kula Shaker: K". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "CG: Kula Shaker". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ Pepper, Tracey (25 October 1996). "K Review | Music Reviews and News". Entertainment Weekly. p. 116. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ "Kula Shaker K". NME. 21–28 December 1996. pp. 66–67.
- ^ "Kula Shaker K". Q. October 1996. p. 165.
- ^ Tuscadero, Inky (December 2011). "Kula Shaker – K". Record Collector. p. 95. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ [1] Archived 18 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Kula Shaker Classic Rock Archive". Classic Rock. March 2000. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
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