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)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Critical reception

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

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
  • 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
  1. "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. 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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