20 Granite Creek
| 20 Granite Creek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Studio album by Moby Grape | ||||
| Released | September 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 at Pacific Recording Studios and Moby Grape's House |
|||
| Genre | Folk Rock, Country Rock | |||
| Length | 32:53 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | David Rubinson, Moby Grape Productions | |||
| Moby Grape chronology | ||||
|
||||
20 Granite Creek is the rock band Moby Grape's fifth album. After recording their last album for Columbia Records, Truly Fine Citizen, the band went on hiatus until 1970 when they reunited with Skip Spence and Bob Mosley and recorded this reunion album for Reprise Records; their only album for the label. David Rubinson, who produced most of the band's Columbia albums, was back as producer here, as well as serving as the band's manager.[citation needed]
Contents
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone magazine, music critic Richard Meltzer found the album remarkable and said that it "proves that without an audience and with all the members of the original Grape aboard ship they can outdo Truly Fine Citizen with their eyes closed."[2] By contrast, Robert Christgau of The Village Voice graded it a "B–" and found the album drab and marred by kotos.[3] In a retrospective review, he gave it a "B+" and said that Moby Grape was intense and hopeful for a band in decline: "You can hear the country undertone now, but you can also hear why you missed it—at their most lyrical these guys never lay back, and lyricism is something they're usually rocking too hard to bother with, though their compact forms guarantee poetic justice."[4]
Track listing
- Side one
- "Gypsy Wedding" (Mosley) – 2:30
- "I'm the Kind of Man That Baby You Can Trust" (Miller) – 2:38
- "About Time" (Stevenson) – 2:52
- "Goin' Down to Texas" (Lewis) – 2:00
- "Road to the Sun" (Mosley) – 2:48
- "Apocalypse" (Lewis) – 2:11
- Side two
- "Chinese Song" (Spence) – 5:42
- "Roundhouse Blues" (Miller) – 2:45
- "Ode to the Man at the End of the Bar" (Mosley) – 3:43
- "Wild Oats Moan" (Miller, Stevenson) – 3:12
- "Horse Out in the Rain" (Lewis) – 2:20
Personnel
- Bob Mosley – electric bass, vocals
- Jerry Miller – electric guitar, vocals
- Peter Lewis – electric guitar, vocals
- Don Stevenson – drums
- Skip Spence – electric guitar, koto, vocals
Additional personnel
- Gordon Stevens – electric viola, dobro, mandolin
- David Rubinson – electric piano, congas
- Andy Narell – steel drums
- Jeffrey Cohen – bass
Charts
Album – Billboard[citation needed]
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Pop Albums | 177 |
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Rolling Stone review
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- 20 Granite Creek at Discogs (list of releases)
