Gravity Talks
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Gravity Talks |
| type | Album |
| artist | Green on Red |
| cover | Green on Red - Gravity Talks.jpg |
| released | 1983 |
| recorded | July 1983 |
| genre | Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia |
| label | Slash |
| producer | Chris D. |
| next_title | Gas Food Lodging |
| next_year | 1985 |
| :: |
| name = Gravity Talks | type = Album | artist = Green on Red | cover = Green on Red - Gravity Talks.jpg | alt = | released = 1983 | recorded = July 1983 | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia | length = | label = Slash | producer = Chris D. | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Gas Food Lodging | next_year = 1985 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |rev2score = |rev3 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |rev3score = | rev4 = The Village Voice | rev4Score = B+ Gravity Talks is the debut album by American rock band Green on Red, released in 1983.
Production
Gravity Talks was recorded at Quad Teck Studios in Los Angeles.
Critical reception
The Guardian wrote: "This is music made by high-school geeks who dream of being desperadoes. The result was a brilliant, misguided wreck, halfway to Tulsa when the wheels fell off." Trouser Press wrote that "at the LP’s relative weirdest, Chris Cacavas’ organ- playing sounds like several genres from the ’60s, but only mildly." The Washington Post thought that Green on Red "has fashioned a ragged, primitive musical attack to complement nerve-wracking original songs."
Track listing
All songs written by Dan Stuart, Chris Cacavas, Jack Waterson, and Alex MacNicol.
- "Gravity Talks"
- "Old Chief"
- "5 Easy Pieces"
- "Deliverance"
- "Over My Head"
- "Snake Bit"
- "Alice"
- "Blue Parade"
- "That's What You're Here For"
- "Brave Generation"
- "Abigail's Ghost"
- "Cheap Wine"
- "Narcolepsy"
Personnel
;Green on Red
- Dan Stuart – vocals, guitar
- Chris Cacavas – keyboards, guitar, lap steel, vocals
- Jack Waterson – bass
- Alex McNicol – drums, percussion
;Additional personnel
- Matthew Piucci – guitar
- Steve Wynn – guitar, vocals
References
References
- Sullivan, Denise. "Gravity Talks – Green on Red". [[AllMusic]].
- (2006). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". MUZE.
- (1999). "MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide". Visible Ink Press.
- Christgau, Robert. (December 27, 1983). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". [[The Village Voice]].
- "Green on Red | Biography & History".
- (April 26, 2016). "Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk". Hachette Books.
- (May 30, 2003). "Green on Red - Gravity Talks CD".
- "Green on Red".
- Sasfy, Joe. (December 1, 1983). "'60s Potpourri".
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