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G. Love and Special Sauce (album)

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G. Love and Special Sauce
Studio album by
G. Love & Special Sauce
Released1994
GenreRap, blues
Length58:29
LabelEpic
ProducerStiff Johnson, Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce chronology
G. Love and Special Sauce
(1994) 		Coast to Coast Motel
(1995)

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[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
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]

  1. "The Things That I Used to Do" – 3:35
  2. "Blues Music" – 4:17
  3. "Garbage Man" – 4:51
  4. "Eyes Have Miles" – 5:22
  5. "Baby's Got Sauce" – 3:54
  6. "Rhyme for the Summertime" – 3:06
  7. "Cold Beverage" – 2:33
  8. "Fatman" – 4:16
  9. "This Ain't Living" – 6:34
  10. "Walk to Slide" – 4:28
  11. "Shooting Hoops (with Mou Akoon)" – 3:31
  12. "Some Peoples Like That" – 4:49
  13. "Town to Town" – 3:33
  14. "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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Budnick, Dean (1998). "Jam Bands": North America's Hottest Live Groups, Plus How to Tape and Trade Their Shows. ECW Press. p. 101.
  2. ^ Jacobson, Mark (Oct 1994). "New(ish) and not bad this month". Esquire. Vol. 122, no. 4. p. 157.
  3. ^ "G. Love and Special Sauce". RollingStone.com. 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  4. ^ "The KEXP Top 90.3 Album Chart for 1994". kexp.org. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  5. ^ AllMusic review
  6. ^ Roberts, David. "Review: G. Love and Special Sauce - G. Love and Special Sauce". Q. No. July 1999. EMAP Metro Ltd. p. 142.
  7. ^ Moon, Tom (8 May 1994). "A New Shade of the Blues for G. Love". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. G1.
  8. ^ Dafoe, Chris (11 July 1994). "G. Love and Special Sauce". The Globe and Mail. p. C2.
  9. ^ 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.

External links[edit]

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