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'''''G. Love and Special Sauce''''' is the debut album by the American band [[G. Love & Special Sauce]], released in 1994.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Budnick |first1=Dean |title="Jam Bands": North America's Hottest Live Groups, Plus How to Tape and Trade Their Shows |date=1998 |publisher=ECW Press |page=101}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Jacobson |first1=Mark |title=New(ish) and not bad this month |magazine=Esquire |date=Oct 1994 |volume=122 |issue=4 |page=157}}</ref> The album was certified [[Gold album|Gold]] after selling 500,000 copies. It contains the song "Cold Beverage", which became a college-radio staple,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/its-all-greek-to-them-the-20-frattiest-bands-20140306/g-love-and-special-sauce-0442630|title=G. Love and Special Sauce |publisher=RollingStone.com |date=2014-03-06 |access-date=2016-03-29}}</ref> as well as "Baby's Got Sauce", which Seattle's [[KEXP-FM]] 90.3 called the song of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kexp.org/charts/Top90/1994|title=The KEXP Top 90.3 Album Chart for 1994 |publisher=kexp.org |access-date=2016-03-29}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
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''[[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."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moon |first1=Tom |title=A New Shade of the Blues for G. Love |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=8 May 1994 |page=G1}}</ref> ''[[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."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dafoe |first1=Chris |title=G. Love and Special Sauce |work=The Globe and Mail |date=11 July 1994 |page=C2}}</ref>
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'''''G. Love and Special Sauce''''' is the debut album by [[G. Love & Special Sauce]] released on May 10, 1994, via [[Epic Records]]. The album has gone Gold, having sold 500,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/event/711560+G+Love+-+Special+Sauce+w-+The+John+Butler+Trio,+Tristan+Prettyman+-+Sound+Academy+-+August+9thM |title=G Love & Special Sauce w/ The John Butler Trio, Tristan Prettyman - Sound... (Toronto) on 9 Aug 2008 – |publisher=Last.fm |date=2009-02-11 |accessdate=2012-01-06}}</ref> It contains the song "Cold Beverage", which became a college-radio staple,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/its-all-greek-to-them-the-20-frattiest-bands-20140306/g-love-and-special-sauce-0442630|title=G. Love and Special Sauce |publisher=RollingStone.com |date=2014-03-06 |accessdate=2016-03-29}}</ref> as well as "Baby's Got Sauce", which Seattle's [[KEXP-FM]] 90.3 called the song of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kexp.org/charts/Top90/1994|title=The KEXP Top 90.3 Album Chart for 1994 |publisher=kexp.org |date= |accessdate=2016-03-29}}</ref>


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The album was included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=23 March 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}</ref>
==Legacy==
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The album was included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert Dimery|author2=Michael Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|accessdate= |date=23 March 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.philadelphonic.com G. Love & Special Sauce Official site]
*[http://www.philadelphonic.com G. Love & Special Sauce Official site]

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Latest revision as of 14:18, 18 June 2024

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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