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Coast to Coast Motel

Coast to Coast Motel is the second album by G. Love & Special Sauce, released in 1995.[6]

Coast to Coast Motel
Studio album by
G. Love & Special Sauce
ReleasedSeptember 19, 1995
GenreAlternative hip hop
LabelEpic B000002B5U
ProducerJim Dickinson[1]
G. Love & Special Sauce chronology
G. Love and Special Sauce
(1994) 		Coast to Coast Motel
(1995) 		Yeah, It's That Easy
(1997)
Singles from Album
  1. "Kiss and Tell"
    Released: 1995
  2. "Sweet Sugar Mama"
    Released: 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau(neither)[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Critical reception

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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

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All songs by G. Love, except as noted

  1. "Sweet Sugar Mama" (G. Love, J. Clemens, J. Prescott) – 4:05
  2. "Leaving the City" – 3:40
  3. "Nancy" (G. Love, J. Clemens, J. Prescott) – 3:21
  4. "Kiss and Tell" – 3:14
  5. "Chains #3" (G. Love, J. Clemens, J. Prescott) – 2:58
  6. "Sometimes" – 4:23
  7. "Everybody" – 3:40
  8. "Soda Pop" (G. Love, J. Clemens) – 3:49
  9. "Bye Bye Baby" – 4:39
  10. "Tomorrow Night" – 4:55
  11. "Small Fish" (G. Love, J. Clemens, J. Prescott) – 5:21
  12. "Coming Home" – 4:35

Personnel

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b "G. Love and Special Sauce". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 3225". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. p. 333.
  6. ^ a b Parker, Jessica (December 9, 1999). "G. Love and Special Sauce". Dallas Observer.
  7. ^ Staff, SF Weekly (September 13, 1995). "Recordings". SF Weekly.
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