G. Love and Special Sauce (album) explained

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

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."^[5] 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."^[6]

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^[7]

Track listing

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

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

External links

• G. Love & Special Sauce Official site

Notes and References

1. Book: Budnick . Dean . "Jam Bands": North America's Hottest Live Groups, Plus How to Tape and Trade Their Shows . 1998 . ECW Press . 101.
2. Jacobson . Mark . New(ish) and not bad this month . Esquire . Oct 1994 . 122 . 4 . 157.
3. Web site: G. Love and Special Sauce . RollingStone.com . 2014-03-06 . 2016-03-29.
4. Web site: The KEXP Top 90.3 Album Chart for 1994 . kexp.org . 2016-03-29.
5. News: Moon . Tom . A New Shade of the Blues for G. Love . The Philadelphia Inquirer . 8 May 1994 . G1.
6. News: Dafoe . Chris . G. Love and Special Sauce . The Globe and Mail . 11 July 1994 . C2.
7. Book: Robert Dimery. Michael Lydon. 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. 23 March 2010. Universe. 978-0-7893-2074-2.